Chlorodiloma adelaidae

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Chlorodiloma adelaidae
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Drawing with two views of a shell of Chlorodiloma adelaidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Chlorodiloma
Species:
C. adelaidae
Binomial name
Chlorodiloma adelaidae
(Philippi, 1849) [1]
Synonyms
  • Austrocochlea adelaidae(Philippi, 1849)
  • Diloma adelaidaePritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1902
  • Diloma australisTenison-Woods, 1876
  • Gibbula adelaidaeAdams, A. 1853
  • Gibbula depressaTenison-Woods, 1876
  • Monodonta adelaidae(Philippi, 1849)
  • Monodonta (Chlorodiloma) adelaidaeTryon, G.W. 1889
  • Oxystele adelaidaeAdams, H. & Adams, A. 1854
  • Trochocochlea australisFavanne, J. G. de 1784
  • Trochus adelaidaePhilippi, 1849 (original description)
  • Trochus (Diloma) adelaidaeBrazier, J. 1887
  • Trochus australisPetterd, W. 1879
  • Trochus (Diloma) australisTenison-Woods, J.E. 1877

Chlorodiloma adelaidae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2] [3]

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Description

This species differs only from Chlorodiloma crinita in lacking the tooth at the base of the columella. The coloration, sculpture and form are identical. [4]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Tasmania.

References

  1. Philippi, Conchyl. Cab., p. 140, t. 24, f. 1.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Chlorodiloma adelaidae (Philippi, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546910 on 2012-11-23
  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 (described as Monodonta adelaidae)