Dillwynella texana

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Dillwynella texana
Dillwynella texana 001.jpg
Original image of a shell of Dillwynella texana
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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]

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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. [1]

Distribution

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

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