Dikoleps nitens

Dikoleps nitens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Dikoleps
Species:	D. nitens
Binomial name
Dikoleps nitens (Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms
Cyclostrema nitens (Philippi, 1844) Cyclostrema nitens var. alderi Jeffreys 1865 Delphinula nitens Philippi, 1844 (original combination) Dikoleps pusilla (Jeffreys, 1847) Heliciella mutabilis Costa O.G. 1861 Margarita pusilla Jeffreys, 1847 Skenea alderi Jeffreys, J.G., 1865 Skenea forbesi Nordsieck 1982 Skenea mutabilis Costa, O.G., 1861 Skenea nitens (Philippi, 1844) Trochus pusillus (Jeffreys): Forbes & Hanley, 1850

Dikoleps nitens is a minute species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 0.4 mm and 1.4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

1. Dikoleps nitens (Philippi, 1844).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.

• Philippi R. A., 1844: Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2 ; Eduard Anton, Halle [Halis Saxorum] iv + 303 p., pl. 13-28
• Rubio F., Dantart L. & Luque A. (2004). El género Dikoleps (Gastropoda, Skeneidae) en las costas ibéricas. Iberus, 22(1): 113-132

External links

• Gastropods.com: Dikoleps nitens