Dikoleps nitens (Philippi 1844)

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

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

• Philippi R. A., 1844: Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2 ; Eduard Anton, Halle [Halis Saxorum] iv + 303 p., pl. 13–28
• Rubio F., Dantart L. & Luque A. (2004). El género Dikoleps (Gastropoda, Skeneidae) en las costas ibéricas. Iberus, 22(1): 113–132