''Chlorodiloma'' is a
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sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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Trochidae
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, the top snails.
[Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Chlorodiloma'' Pilsbry, 1889. Accessed through: ]World Register of Marine Species
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Description
The shell in this genus is like the shell of ''
Diloma
''Diloma'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2010). Diloma Philippi, 1845. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aph ...
'' 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.
Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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Species
Species within the genus ''Chlorodiloma'' include:Chlorodiloma millelineata
''Chlorodiloma millelineata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Chlorodiloma millelineata'' (Bonnet, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at h ...
'' (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
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* Cotton, B.C., 1959. ''South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda''. Govt. Printer, Adelaide
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