Dentistyla dentifera (Dall 1889)

Dentistyla dentifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.^[1]

Description

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]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, off Barbados and in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina.

References

• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.