Dentistyla dentifera explained

Dentistyla dentifera 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 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.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, off Barbados and in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina.

References

• 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.

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/details/bulletinofmuseum18harv Dall W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 18: 1–492, pls. 10–40