Diloma Philippi 1845 (top snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae

Synonyms: Anisodiloma Finlay 1926, Cavodiloma Finlay 1926, Fractarmilla Finlay 1926, Melagraphia, Neodiloma Fischer 1885

Parent taxon: Gibbulini according to K. M. Donald et al. 2005

See also Ludbrook 1983, Nagao 1928, Nielsen et al. 2004 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alcyna, Calthalotia, Cantharidella, Cantharidini, Cantharidus, Clanculus, Discotectus, Eurytrochus, Fagnastesia, Infundibulum, Monodonta, Nanula, Notogibbula, Phasianotrochus, Plectotrochus, Pyramis, Tectus, Thoristella, Tosatrochus, Trochini, Phorculus, Timisia, Austrocochlea, Chlorodiloma, Osilinus

Subtaxa: Diloma (Paroxystele) Diloma (Pictodiloma)

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Chile (1), New Zealand (1)

• Pliocene of Italy (1), New Zealand (1), Spain (3)

• Miocene of Austria (10), Chile (1), Cyprus (2), France (3), Germany (2), Hungary (1), Italy (6), Poland (1), Slovakia (3)

• Oligocene of Japan (1)

Total: 38 collections including 40 occurrences

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