Dikoleps nitens

Dikoleps nitens is a minute species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Dikoleps nitens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Dikoleps
Species:
D. nitens
Binomial name
Dikoleps nitens
(Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Cyclostrema nitens (Philippi, 1844)
  • Cyclostrema nitens var. alderi Jeffreys 1865
  • Delphinula nitens Philippi, 1844 (original combination)
  • Dikoleps pusilla (Jeffreys, 1847)
  • Heliciella mutabilis Costa O.G. 1861
  • Margarita pusilla Jeffreys, 1847
  • Skenea alderi Jeffreys, J.G., 1865
  • Skenea forbesi Nordsieck 1982
  • Skenea mutabilis Costa, O.G., 1861
  • Skenea nitens (Philippi, 1844)
  • Trochus pusillus (Jeffreys): Forbes & Hanley, 1850

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

  • "Dikoleps nitens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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