Dikoleps nitens

Dikoleps nitens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Dikoleps
Species:	D. nitens
Binomial name
	Dikoleps nitens; (Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms
	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;

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.

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

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