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Diloma

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

There is also a genus Diloma, <small>F.H.Wind & P.Cepek, 1979</small> a genus of phytoplankton in the class Prymnesiophyceae

Description

The solid shell is imperforate and depressed globose. It is slate-colored or black, sometimes (especially if worn) reddish or brownish. The conic spire is short. The apex is acute, usually reddish. The sutures are linear. The five whorls are slightly convex, rapidly increasing and spirally obsoletely striate. The body whorl is usually depressed or subconcave below the suture. The base of the shell is rounded, eroded and iridescent in front of the aperture. The aperture is huge, oblique iridescent. The outer lip is rather thin, not black-margined within; but bordered by a brilliantly iridescent band; The columella is concave, obsoletely subdentate below, very broad and flattened or excavated on the face. It is composed principally of an opaque white layer which also lines the base but does not extend to the edge of the lip. The length of the shell varies between 15&nbsp;mm and 26&nbsp;mm. Its diameter varies between 17&nbsp;mm and 24&nbsp;mm.

Distribution

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

Species

Partial phylogram of the species in the genus Diloma:

Other species in the genus not included in the phylogram include:

Species brought into synonymy:

  • Diloma arida <small>(H. J. Finlay, 1926)</small>: synonym of Diloma aridum <small>(H. J. Finlay, 1926)</small> (incorrect gender agreement of specific epithet)
  • Diloma constellatum <small>Souverbie, 1863</small>: synonym of Austrocochlea constellata <small>(Souverbie, 1863)</small>
  • Diloma gaimardi <small>Hutton</small>: synonym of Diloma aethiops <small>Gmelin, 1791</small>
  • Diloma impervium <small>(Menke, 1843)</small>: synonym of Oxystele impervia <small>(Menke, 1843)</small>
  • Diloma nana <small>A. A. Gould, 1861</small>: synonym of Diloma nanum <small>A. A. Gould, 1861</small> (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  • Diloma plumbea <small>F. W. Hutton, 1882</small>: synonym of Diloma subrostratum <small>(J. E. Gray, 1835)</small> (junior subjective synonym)
  • Diloma sinense <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> :synonym of Oxystele sinensis <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
  • Diloma suavis <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>: synonym of Pictodiloma suavis <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>
  • Diloma tabulare <small>(Krauss, 1848)</small>: synonym of Oxystele tabularis <small>(Krauss, 1848)</small>
  • Diloma tigrinum <small>(Anton, 1838)</small>: synonym of Oxystele tigrina <small>(Anton, 1838)</small>
  • Diloma variegatum <small>(Anton, 1838)</small>: synonym of Oxystele antoni <small>D. G. Herbert, 2015</small>
  • Diloma subrostratum novaezelandiae <small>Anton, 1838</small>: synonym of Diloma subrostratum <small>(Gray in Yate, 1835)</small>
  • Diloma (Chlorodiloma) millelineata <small>(Bonnett, 1864)</small>: synonym of Chlorodiloma millelineata <small>(Bonnett, 1864)</small>
  • Diloma (Fractarmilla) lenior <small>Finlay, H.J., 1927</small>: synonym of Diloma bicanaliculatum <small>(Dunker, 1844)</small>

References

  • Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506
  • Huang, S.-I, Fu, I-F., Hu, K.-H. & Chen, C.-P. (2026). Notes on Trochus piperinus R. A. Philippi, 1849 (Trochoidea, Trochidae, Monodontinae). Bulletin of Malacology, Taiwan. 49: 1-32.

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