Dillwynella texana

Dillwynella texana
Original image of a shell of Dillwynella texana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Dillwynella
Species:	D. texana
Binomial name
Dillwynella texana G. Harris, 1895

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 shows a slight tendency to bear furrows or lines radiating from the suture. The umbilicus is small. The aperture is round. ^[1]

Distribution

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

References

1. 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