Dillwynella
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| Dillwynella | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Dillwynella modesta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Dillwynella Dall, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| Teinostoma (Dillwynella) modesta Dall, 1889 | |
Dillwynella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.[1]
The genus name of Dillwynella is in honour of Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1778 – 1855), who was a British porcelain manufacturer, naturalist and Whig Member of Parliament (MP).
