Skeneoides jeffreysii

Skeneoides jeffreysii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Skeneoides
Species: S. jeffreysii
Binomial name
Skeneoides jeffreysii
(Monterosato, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Circulus formosissimus Brugnone, G., 1873
  • Circulus jeffreysii Monterosato 1872
  • Delphinula costata Danilo, F.D., 1856
  • Munditiella formosissima Ghisotti, F., 1977

Skeneoides jeffreysii is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Circulus jeffreysii Monterosato 1872 is the original description by Monterosato, but it is a nomen nudum, although used as valid by Anders Warén, 1992 [2] as a valid taxon.

Description

The size of the shell attains 1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily and Croatia.

References

  1. Skeneoides jeffreysii (Monterosato, 1872).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  2. Warén A., 1992: New and little known "Skeneimorph" gastropods from the Mediterranean Sea and the adjacent Atlantic Ocean; Bollettino Malacologico 27(10-12): 149-248

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