''Danilia'' is a
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of
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s of the
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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
''Danilia tinei'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Chilodontidae (gastropods), Chilodontidae.
Taxonomy
Tommaso di Maria Allery Monterosato, Monterosato (1914) figured the holotype from Calca ...
''
(Calcara, 1839)
* ''
Danilia weberi''
Schepman, 1908
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Danilia costellata''
(Costa, 1861): synonym of ''
Danilia tinei
''Danilia tinei'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Chilodontidae (gastropods), Chilodontidae.
Taxonomy
Tommaso di Maria Allery Monterosato, Monterosato (1914) figured the holotype from Calca ...
''
(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
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
External links
Chilodontaidae
Taxa named by Spiridon Brusina
Gastropod genera
{{Chilodontidae-stub