Dikoleps nitens explained

Dikoleps nitens is a minute species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 0.4 mm and 1.4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

• Philippi R. A., 1844: Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2 ; Eduard Anton, Halle [Halis Saxorum] iv + 303 p., pl. 13–28
• Rubio F., Dantart L. & Luque A. (2004). El género Dikoleps (Gastropoda, Skeneidae) en las costas ibéricas. Iberus, 22(1): 113–132