''Chlorodiloma adelaidae'' is a

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, a marine

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in the

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Trochidae The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a family of various sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Vetigastropoda. This family is commonly known as the top-snails because in many species the shell resembles ...

, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Chlorodiloma adelaidae'' (Philippi, 1849). Accessed through:

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546910 on 2012-11-23

Description

This species differs only from '' Chlorodiloma crinita'' in lacking the tooth at the base of the

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. The coloration,

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and form are identical.Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
(described as ''Monodonta adelaidae'')

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off

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and

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References

* Favanne, J. G. de 1784. ''Catalogue systématique et raisonné'', ou description du magnifique cabinet appartenant ci-devant à M. le Comte de Latour d'Auvergne * Philippi, R.A. 1851. ''Trochidae''. pp. 137–232 in Küster, H.C. (ed). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. II. * Adams, A. 1853. ''Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gastropodous Mollusca''. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 150-192 * Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1854. ''The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization''. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1 pp. 257–484. * Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. ''On some new Tasmanian marine shells''. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131-159 * Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. ''Census; with brief descriptions of the marine shells of Tasmania and the adjacent islands''. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1877: 3-34. * Petterd, W. 1879. ''Critical remarks on the Rev. J.E. Tenison-Woods' "Census of Tasmanian Shells".'' Journal de Conchyliologie 2(12): 353-354 * Brazier, J. 1887. ''Trochidae and other genera of South Australia, with their synonyms''. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 116-125 * Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1902. ''Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part V''. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 14(2): 85-138 * Singleton, F.A. 1937. ''Lady Julia Percy Island. 1935 Expedition. Mollusca''. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 49: 387-396

External links

Encyclopedia of Life

GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)

World Register of Marine Species
* {{Taxonbar, from=Q5103052 adelaidae Gastropods of Australia Gastropods described in 1849