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)