Dikoleps nitens

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| taxon = Dikoleps nitens

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| authority = (Philippi, 1844)

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  • 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

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Dikoleps nitens is a minute species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.{{WRMS species|156066|Dikoleps nitens (Philippi, 1844)||21 April 2010}}

Description

The size of the shell varies between 0.4 mm and 1.4 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

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  • 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
  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34381043 Rubio F., Dantart L. & Luque A. (2004). El género Dikoleps (Gastropoda, Skeneidae) en las costas ibéricas. Iberus, 22(1): 113–132]