Chlorodiloma

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Phylum:Mollusca
Order:Trochida
Chlorodiloma
Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Chlorodiloma crinita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
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]

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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