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Dikoleps rolani
Dikoleps rolani is a minute species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
From the article Dikoleps rolani on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The species' shells are thin, glossy white, and translucent with a maximum diameter of 1.1 mm and a maximum height of 0.9 mm. The body has ringed cephalic tentacles with small ciliated papilae regularly spread on each rings edge. On the right side are four epipodial tentacles, smaller than the cephalic ones; on the left, there are only three. The second tentacle on either sides is equipped with a sense organ. In place of the fourth epipodial tentacle on the left side, there is instead a large, concealed sense organ. The foots sole is densely ciliated. Its functional type is Benthos.
Its feeding type is grazer and deposit feeder.
Range & habitat
This species is found in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1213656.