About Chlorodiloma odontis (W.Wood, 1828)
The shell of Chlorodiloma odontis measures between 10 mm and 20 mm in size. It has a globose-conic shape that is more or less depressed, and is either imperforate or very narrowly perforate. Its fine spiral sculpture consists of striations that become obsolete on the body whorl, while sharp incremental striae are only visible at microscopic scale. The apical whorls are white and eroded. The rest of the shell is covered in a regular, elegant, minute reticulation, formed when two sets of obliquely descending black or bluish lines intersect at right angles. The body whorl is subangulate at its periphery. The thin outer lip is sharp, green on the inside, and beautifully iridescent. The arcuate columella has no teeth and is edged with pearly material. The umbilico-columellar area is a vivid pea-green. This is a marine species endemic to Australia, where it is found off the coasts of South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria.
