Xyloskenea naticiformis

Xyloskenea naticiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Seguenzioidea
Family:	(unassigned)
Genus:	Xyloskenea
Species:	X. naticiformis
Binomial name
	Xyloskenea naticiformis; (Jeffreys, 1883)[1]
Synonyms[2]
	Adeorbis umbilicatus Locard, 1898; Cithna excavata Sykes, 1925; Cithna naticiformis Jeffreys, 1883 (original combination);

Xyloskenea naticiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[2]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 2.5 mm.

This species occurs at bathyal depths in the Northern Atlantic Ocean, in the Bay of Biscay and off Portugal

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Jeffreys J. G., 1878–1885: On the mollusca procured during the H. M. S. "Lightning" and "Porcupine" expedition; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 (1878): 393–416 pl. 22–23. Part 2 (1879): 553–588 pl. 45–46 [ottobre 1879]. Part 3 (1881): 693–724 pl. 61. Part 4 (1881): 922–952 pl. 70–71 [1882]. Part 5 (1882): 656–687 pl. 49–50 [1883]. Part 6 (1883): 88–115 pl. 19–20. Part 7 (1884): 111–149 pl. 9–10. Part 8 (1884): 341–372 pl. 26–28. Part 9 (1885): 27–63 pl. 4–6
Xyloskenea naticiformis (Jeffreys, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2013.

Locard A., 1897–1898: Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés.; Paris, Masson vol. 1 [1897], p. 1–516 pl. 1–22 vol. 2 [1898], p. 517–1044 pl. 23–40
Sykes E. R., 1925: On the mollusca procured during the "Porcupine" expeditions 1869–70. Supplemental notes, part V; Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 16: 181–193
McLean J.H. (1992). Systematic review of the family Choristellidae (Archeogastropoda: Lepetellacea) with descriptions of new species. The Veliger 35(4): 273-294-page(s): 293
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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