Skenea catenoides

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

Skenea catenoides
Different views of a shell of Skenea catenoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Skenea
Species:
S. catenoides
Binomial name
Skenea catenoides
(Monterosato, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyclostrema catenoides Monterosato, 1877 (original combination)
  • Cyclostrema monterosatoi Ancey, 1898
  • Lodderena catenoides (Monterosato, 1877)

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
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References
  1. Skenea catenoides (Monterosato, 1877). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  2. Eddie Hardy (20 December 2010). "Skenea catenoides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Cyclostrema catenoides )
  • Monterosato T. A. (di), 1877 (maggio)a: Notizie sulle conchiglie della rada di Civitavecchia; Annali del Museo civico di Genova 9 (1876–1877): 407–428
  • Piani P. (1980). Catalogo dei Molluschi conchiferi viventi nel Mediterraneo. Bollettino Malacologico 16(5–6): 113–224
  • 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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