Biology:Danilia

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Danilia
Danilia boucheti (MNHN-IM-2000-24648).jpeg
Danilia boucheti
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Danilia
Brusina, 1865[1]
Type species
Monodonta limbata
Philippi, 1844
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Craspedotus Philippi, 1847 (invalid: junior homonym of Craspedotus Schoenherr, 1844 [Coleoptera])
  • Heliciella O.G. Costa, 1861 (invalid: declared nomen oblitum by Herbert (2012))
  • Olivia Cantraine, 1835 (invalid: junior homonym of Olivia Bertolini, 1810 [?Porifera])
  • Otavia Gray, 1847 (non Risso, 1826)

Danilia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Chilodontaidae.[2]

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:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Danilia costellata (Costa, 1861): synonym of Danilia tinei (Calcara, 1839)

References

  1. Brusina S. (1865). Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 15: 25.
  2. Danilia Brusina, 1865. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 December 2018.
  • 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

Wikidata ☰ Q3503522 entry