Dentistyla asperrima

Dentistyla asperrima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Chilodontidae
Genus: Dentistyla
Species: D. asperrima
Binomial name
Dentistyla asperrima
(Dall, 1881) [1]
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma (Dentistyla) asperrimum (Dall, 1881)
  • Margarita asperrima Dall, 1881 (original combination)

Dentistyla asperrima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 8.5 mm. There is a small tooth on the columella.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

References

  1. Dall, Bull. M. C. Z., IX. p. 40, 1881.
  2. Dentistyla asperrima (Dall, 1881).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.

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