Dillwynella modesta

Dillwynella modesta
Original drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Dillwynella modesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Dillwynella
Species: D. modesta
Binomial name
Dillwynella modesta
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Teinostoma (Dillwynella) modesta Dall, 1889

Dillwynella modesta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1][2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 4 mm. The smooth, whitish shell is covered with an extremely thin epidermis which rises in microscopic blisters. The rounded, depressed spire has a distinct suture. It consists of three or four whorls. The sculpture shows faint lines of growth except on the base where a single rounded riblet or carina bounds a somewhat concave lunate space outside of the polished columella. The thin, sharp outer lip has a moderate callus on the body. The thick columella is polished. The translucent operculum is yellowish and contains about five turns. The rounded aperture has a slight angle behind.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off St Lucia, Caribbean Sea, at depths between 413 m and 805 m; in the Atlantic Ocean off southeastern Brazil.[2]

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External identifiers for Dillwynella modesta
WoRMS 581652
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