Danilia

Danilia
Danilia boucheti
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: DaniliaBrusina, 1865[1]
Type species
Monodonta limbata
Philippi, 1844
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • CraspedotusPhilippi, 1847(invalid: junior homonym of Craspedotus Schoenherr, 1844 [Coleoptera])
  • HeliciellaO.G. Costa, 1861(invalid: declared nomen oblitum by Herbert (2012))
  • OliviaCantraine, 1835(invalid: junior homonym of Olivia Bertolini, 1810 [?Porifera])
  • OtaviaGray, 1847 (non Risso, 1826)

Danilia is a genus of sea snails, marinegastropodmolluscs of the familyChilodontaidae.[2]

Previously it was considered a subgenus of EuchelusPhilippi, 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. Wien15: 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