| Dentistyla dentifera | |
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| Original drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Dentistyla dentifera | |
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
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| Species: | D. dentifera |
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| Dentistyla dentifera (Dall, 1889) | |
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Dentistyla dentifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae. [1]
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. [2]
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, off Barbados and in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina.
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