Dillwynella texana explained

Dillwynella texana is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.^[1]

Description

The shell contains four, spiral, smooth and shining whorls. The body whorl is nearly smooth but showing a slight tendency to bear furrows or lines radiating from the suture. The umbilicus is small. The aperture is round.

Distribution

This marine species was found as a fossil in the Lower Claiborne Eocene, Texas.

Notes and References

1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4061943?seq=40&Search=yes&searchText=Dillwynella&list=show&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DDillwynella%26acc%3Don%26wc%3Don%26fc%3Doff&prevSearch=&item=3&ttl=4&returnArticleService=showFullText&resultsServiceName=null G. Harris, New and Otherwise Interesting Tertiary Mollusca from Texas; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 47, (1895), pp. 45-88