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Dentistyla asperrima

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Species of gastropod

Dentistyla asperrima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Dentistyla
Species: D. asperrima
Binomial name
Dentistyla asperrima
(Dall, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma (Dentistyla) asperrimum (Dall, 1881)
  • Margarita asperrima Dall, 1881 (original combination)

Dentistyla asperrima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 8.5 mm. There is a small tooth on the columella.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (April 2013)

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.
  • 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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Taxon identifiers
Dentistyla asperrima


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