Dillwynella texana is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Dillwynella texana | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
Dillwynella texana G. Harris, 1895
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Description
editThe 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
editThis marine species was found as a fossil in the Lower Claiborne Eocene, Texas.