Chlorostoma

Chlorostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Chlorostoma
Swainson, 1840 [1]

Chlorostoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tegulidae.[2]

Description

The solid, conical shell is umbilicate or imperforate. The spire is elevated or depressed. The oblique aperture is subrhomboidal. The outer lip is smooth within. The arcuate columella is above continued in a callus over or halfway around the umbilicus, which when open shows one or more spiral ribs inside. The base of the columella shows two or more denticles. [3]

Species

Species within the genus Chlorostoma include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Swainson, Malacol., p. 350
  2. Bouchet, P. (2013). Chlorostoma Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413474 on 2013-12-10
  3. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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