Doliella nitens

Doliella nitens
Drawing of a shell of Doliella nitens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Doliella
Species: D. nitens
Binomial name
Doliella nitens
(Jeffreys, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Odostomia myosotis Nordsieck, 1972 (dubious synonym)
  • Odostomia nitens Jeffreys, 1870

Doliella nitens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1] [2][3]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 2.9 mm. The white shell is thin, semitransparent, very glossy and shows microscopic growth lines. There are three whorls besides the protoconch. The suture is very narrow, slightly excavated and margined by the overlapping of the whorls. The umbilicus is lacking. The columellar tooth is represented by a broad, but not conspicuous, fold. [4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the following locations:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2015). Doliella nitens (Jeffreys, 1870). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836129 on 2015-12-16
  2. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  3. Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  4. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol VIII p. 351; 1889

External links

External identifiers for Doliella nitens
Encyclopedia of Life 4812182
WoRMS 836129
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