Dentistyla sericifilum explained

Dentistyla sericifilum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.^[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 9 mm. The shell is delicately but sharply reticulate all over. The two peripheral spirals are minutely spinose at the intersections. The columellar tooth is present but not strong. The shell is thinner and more nacreous than the typical form, and with the radiating and spiral sculpture not differing so much in strength.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off the Grenadines and Barbados

External links

• Encyclopedia of Life
• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Dentistyla sericifilum (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532725 on 2013-04-14
2. 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