Dentistyla asperrima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Chilodontaidae |
| Genus: | Dentistyla |
| Species: | D. asperrima
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 8.5 mm. There is a small tooth on the columella.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.
References
edit- ^ Dall, Bull. M. C. Z., IX. p. 40, 1881.
- ^ Dentistyla asperrima (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- 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.
- Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26-page(s): 60
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