The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 20 mm.
The
whorls show narrow, close, revolving ridges, the earlier ones with longitudinal ribs. The color of the shell is white, irregularly maculated with chestnut, often forming longitudinal zigzag markings. [2]
Distribution
D. lymneiformis can be found in Atlantic and Caribbean waters, ranging from the eastern coast of
Florida to
Brazil.[3] Fossils have been found in
Quaternary strata at
Kikai Island, Japan; age range: 0.126 to 0.012 Ma
^Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 667.
W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214