Diloma

Diloma
Diloma
A shell of Diloma subrostrata subrostrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Monodontinae
Genus: Diloma
Philippi, 1845[1]
Type species
Turbo nigerrimus Gmelin, 1791
Species

See text
Synonyms[2]
  • Anisodiloma Finlay, 1926
  • Cavodiloma Finlay, 1926
  • Fractarmilla Finlay, 1926
  • Melagraphia Gray, 1847
  • Neodiloma P. Fischer, 1885
  • Zediloma Finlay, 1926

Diloma is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2]

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Distribution

This genus occurs in the Indo-Pacific, including New Zealand, Japan, and other areas.

Species

Species within the genus Diloma include:[3][4]

Species brought into synonymy 

References

  1. ^ Philippi R. A. (1845). Abb. u. Beschr. Conch. 1(8): 188.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2010). Diloma Philippi, 1845. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391149 on 2011-07-02
  3. ^ "Diloma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=331141. 
  4. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  5. ^ Spencer H. G., Marshall B. A. & Waters J. M. (2009). "Systematics and phylogeny of a new cryptic species of Diloma Philippi (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae) from a novel habitat, the bull kelp holdfast communities of southern New Zealand". Invertebrate Systematics 23: 19-25. doi:10.1071/IS08030. PDF.
  • Donald K.M., Kennedy M. & Spencer H.G. (2005) The phylogeny and taxonomy of austral monodontine topshells (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), inferred from DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 474-483
  • Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506

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