Chlorodiloma

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Chlorodiloma
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Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Chlorodiloma crinita
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Chlorodiloma
Pilsbry, 1889
Type species
Chlorodiloma crinita
Philippi, R.A., 1849
Synonyms [1]
  • Diloma (Chlorodiloma)Pilsbry, 1889
  • LatonaHutton, 1884(Invalid: junior homonym of Latona Schumacher, 1817; Chlorodiloma is a replacement name)

Chlorodiloma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1] [2] [3]

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Description

The shell in this genus is like the shell of Diloma but rather more conical and less nacreous. The coloration is variegated, consisting of fine lines of dark on a lighter ground. The columella is generally green. The umbilicus is perforate or subperforate. [4]

Species

Species within the genus Chlorodiloma include: [1]

Related Research Articles

Trochidae Family of snails

The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a taxonomic family of very small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda.

<i>Diloma</i> Genus of gastropods

Diloma is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Diloma bicanaliculatum</i> Species of gastropod

Diloma bicanaliculatum, common name the knobbed top shell, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

<i>Austrocochlea</i> Genus of gastropods

Austrocochlea is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails, also known as top shells.

Cinysca is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Areneidae.

<i>Oxystele fulgurata</i>

Oxystele fulgurata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Monilea</i>

Monilea is a genus of sea snails in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Monodonta</i>

Monodonta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Osilinus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Oxystele</i> Genus of sea snails

Oxystele is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Although previously suggested as a subgenus of Diloma, genetic analysis has shown it to be more appropriate as its own genus.

<i>Notogibbula</i>

Notogibbula is a genus of sea snail, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Trochidae, the top shells.

<i>Priotrochus kotschyi</i>

Priotrochus kotschyi, common name the Kotschy's gibbula, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Chlorodiloma adelaidae</i> Species of gastropod

Chlorodiloma adelaidae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Chlorodiloma crinita</i> Species of gastropod

Chlorodiloma crinita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Chlorodiloma millelineata</i> Species of gastropod

Chlorodiloma millelineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Chlorodiloma odontis</i> Species of gastropod

Chlorodiloma odontis, common name the checkered top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Austrocochlea rudis</i> Species of gastropod

Austrocochlea rudis, common name the rough periwinkle or the roughened austrocochlea, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Austrocochlea constellata</i> Species of gastropod

Austrocochlea constellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Austrocochlea piperina</i> Species of gastropod

Austrocochlea piperina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Monodonta neritoides</i>

Monodonta neritoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bouchet, P. (2012). Chlorodiloma Pilsbry, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413458 on 2012-11-23
  2. Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.
  3. Donald K.M., Kennedy M. & Spencer H.G. (2005) The phylogeny and taxonomy of austral monodontine topshells (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), inferred from DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 474-483.
  4. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia