Skenea ferruginea

Skenea ferruginea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Skenea
Species: S. ferruginea
Binomial name
Skenea ferruginea
Warén, 1991

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

Description

The size of the shell attains 1.7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northern Atlantic Ocean off Greenland and Iceland at depths between 156 m and 900 m.

References

  1. Skenea ferruginea Warén, 1991.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.

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