Dillwynella texana
| Dillwynella texana | |
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| Original image of a shell of Dillwynella texana | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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Dillwynella texana is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell contains four spiral, smooth, and shining whorls. The body whorl is nearly smooth but shows a slight tendency to bear furrows or lines radiating from the suture. The umbilicus is small. The aperture is round.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species was found as a fossil in the Lower Claiborne Eocene, Texas.