Danilia

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

Danilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: 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)

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)
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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
  • NZ Mollusca
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • 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


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