Skeneoides exilissima

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

Skeneoides exilissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Skeneoides
Species:
S. exilissima
Binomial name
Skeneoides exilissima
(Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Cyclostrema dautzenbergianum Ancey, 1898
  • Cyclostrema subalveolatum Fekih & Gougerot, 1974
  • Delphinula exilissima Philippi, 1844 (original combination)
  • Skenea exilissima (Philippi 1844)

Description

The size of the shell attains 1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the western Mediterranean Sea off Algeria and Tunisia.

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References

  • Philippi R. A., 1844: Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2; Eduard Anton, Halle [Halis Saxorum] iv + 303 p., pl. 13–28
  • 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
  • "Skeneoides exilissima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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