Skenea trochoides
| Skenea trochoides | |
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| Drawing with two views of a shell of Skenea trochoides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Skenea |
| Species: | S. trochoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Skenea trochoides (Friele, 1876) | |
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Skenea trochoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
G.W. Tryon thought this species was a synonym of Cyclostrema peterseni Frielle, 1877 (now a synonym of Skenea peterseni (Friele, 1877)) [2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3 mm. The white shell is perforate, somewhat solid. It is opaque, smooth, and shining. The base of the shell contains sometimes a few faint oblique, curved lines;. The four whorls are convex and have a deep suture. The columellar lip is vertical, forming a slight angle with the outer lip at their junction.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in Arctic waters and in the northern Atlantic Ocean off Greenland, the Faroes and Scandinavia at depts between 60 m and 160 m.
References
- 1 2 Skenea trochoides (Friele, 1876). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- 1 2 G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Cyclostrema trochoides)
- Friele H. , 1876: Bidrag til Vestlandets Molluskfauna; Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania 1875: 57-64
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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