Chlorodiloma

      Chlorodiloma
      Drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Chlorodiloma crinita
      Scientific classification e
      Kingdom: Animalia
      Phylum: Mollusca
      Class: Gastropoda
      Clade: Vetigastropoda
      Superfamily: Trochoidea
      Family: Trochidae
      Genus: Chlorodiloma
      Pilsbry, 1889
      Type species
      Chlorodiloma crinita Philippi, R.A., 1849
      Synonyms[1]
      • Diloma (Chlorodiloma) Pilsbry, 1889
      • Latona Hutton, 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]

      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]

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      Species

      Species within the genus Chlorodiloma include:[1]

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      References

      1. ^ a b c 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
      • Cotton, B.C., 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Govt. Printer, Adelaide
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