Dillwynella texana

Dillwynella texana
Original image of a shell of Dillwynella texana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Dillwynella
Species: D. texana
Binomial name
Dillwynella texana
G. Harris, 1895

Dillwynella texana is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The shell contains four, spiral, smooth and shining whorls. The body whorl is nearly smooth but showing a slight tendency to bear furrows or lines radiating from the suture. The umbilicus is small. The aperture is round.[1]

Distribution

This marine species was found as a fossil in the Lower Claiborne Eocene, Texas.

References

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