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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dentistyla dentifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.[1]
Dentistyla dentifera | |
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Original drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Dentistyla dentifera | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Family: | Chilodontaidae |
Genus: | Dentistyla |
Species: | D. dentifera |
Binomial name | |
Dentistyla dentifera (Dall, 1889) | |
Synonyms | |
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The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 8 mm. The sculpture, compared to Dentistyla asperrima, is more strongly and exclusively nodulous. A strong blunt tooth is prominent on the columella just within the aperture and above the base of the shell. The outer lip is lirate within.[2]
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, off Barbados and in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina.
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