• Source: Chlorodiloma
  • Chlorodiloma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.


    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.


    Species


    Species within the genus Chlorodiloma include:

    Chlorodiloma adelaidae (Philippi, 1849)
    Chlorodiloma crinita (Philippi, 1849)
    Chlorodiloma millelineata (Bonnet, 1864)
    Chlorodiloma odontis (W. Wood, 1828)


    References



    Hutton, 1884; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 9: 368 (invalid: junior homonym of Latona Schumacher, 1817 [Bivalvia])
    Cotton, B.C., 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Govt. Printer, Adelaide


    External links


    GenBank
    World Register of Marine Species

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