Skenea catenoides

Skenea catenoides
Different views of a shell of Skenea catenoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Skenea
Species: S. catenoides
Binomial name
Skenea catenoides
(Monterosato, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyclostrema catenoides Monterosato, 1877 (original combination)
  • Lodderena catenoides (Monterosato, 1877)

Skenea catenoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1][2]

Description

The size of the shell attains 1.1 mm. The shell is widely umbilicated, closely spirally striated throughout, with several spiral chain-like lines on the base. The whorls are convex, regularly increasing.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain, Portugal and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.

Drawing of a shell of Skenea catenoides

References

  1. 1 2 Skenea catenoides (Monterosato, 1877).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  2. Eddie Hardy (2010-12-20). "Skenea catenoides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2010-12-25.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Cyclostrema catenoides )
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