Danilia Brusina 1865

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

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:

• Danilia affinis Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
• Danilia angulosa Vilvens & Heros, 2005
• Danilia boucheti Herbert, 2012
• Danilia discordata Vilvens & Heros, 2005
• Danilia eucheliformis (Nomura & Hatai, 1940)
• Danilia galeata Vilvens & Heros, 2005
• Danilia insperata Beu & Climo, 1974
• Danilia kuroshio Okutani, 1968
• † Danilia otaviana (Cantraine, 1835)
• Danilia stratmanni Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006
• Danilia telebathia Hedley, 1911
• Danilia textilis Herbert, 2012
• Danilia tinei (Calcara, 1839)
• Danilia weberi Schepman, 1908

Species brought into synonymy

• Danilia costellata (Costa, 1861): synonym of Danilia tinei (Calcara, 1839)

References

• Vilvens C. & Héros V. 2005. New species and new records of Danilia (Gastropoda: Chilodontidae) from the Western Pacific. Novapex 6(3) : 53-64