- Source: Danilia
Danilia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Chilodontaidae.
Previously it was considered a subgenus of Euchelus Philippi, 1847. This genus was named after the malacologist Francesco Danilo (1813- ?)
Species
Species within the genus Danilia include:
Danilia affinis Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
Danilia angulosa Vilvens & Heros, 2005
Danilia boucheti Herbert, 2012
Danilia discordata Vilvens & Heros, 2005
Danilia eucheliformis (Nomura & Hatai, 1940)
Danilia galeata Vilvens & Heros, 2005
Danilia insperata Beu & Climo, 1974
Danilia kuroshio Okutani, 1968
† Danilia otaviana (Cantraine, 1835)
Danilia stratmanni Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006
Danilia telebathia Hedley, 1911
Danilia textilis Herbert, 2012
Danilia tinei (Calcara, 1839)
Danilia weberi Schepman, 1908
Species brought into synonymy
Danilia costellata (Costa, 1861): synonym of Danilia tinei (Calcara, 1839)
References
Vilvens C. & Héros V. 2005. New species and new records of Danilia (Gastropoda: Chilodontidae) from the Western Pacific. Novapex 6(3) : 53-64
Further reading
NZ Mollusca
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Herbert D.G. (2012) A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502