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.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 60


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