Danilia
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Danilia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Trochidae, the top shells.
This is a deep water genus resembling Herpetopoma but of much lighter build. Sculpture is crisply cancellated, and with a strong columellar fold, followed by a notch. The radula of Danilia is distinctive in having only four lateral teeth on each side, instead of the normal five laterals for most other trochoids.
[edit] Species
- Danilia octaviana (Cantraine, 1835)
- Danilia insperata Beu & Climo, 1974
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[edit] References
- NZ Mollusca
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
