''Anekes'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine
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gastropod mollusk
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s, unassigned in the
superfamily
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Seguenzioidea
Seguenzioidea is a superfamily of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.Gofas, S. (2010). Seguenzioidea. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Access ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Anekes'' include:
* ''
Anekes affinis''
(Jeffreys, 1883)
* ''
Anekes anderswareni''
Hoffman, Gofas & Freiwald, 2020
* ''
Anekes mikrosculpta''
Hoffman, Gofas & Freiwald, 2020
* ''
Anekes paucistriata''
Warén, 1992
* ''
Anekes sculpturata''
Warén, 1992
* ''
Anekes spiralis''
Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER, José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA, 2021
* ''
Anekes umbilisculpta''
Hoffman, Gofas & Freiwald, 2020
* ''
Anekes undulisculpta''
Bouchet & Warén, 1979
* ''
Anekes varisculpta''
Hoffman, Gofas & Freiwald, 2020
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Anekes gittenbergeri''
van Aartsen & Bogi, 1988: synonym of ''
Lissotesta gittenbergeri
''Lissotesta gittenbergeri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.
Description
The shell grows to a height of 0.7 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Se ...
''
(van Aartsen & Bogi, 1988)
* ''Anekes giustii''
Bogi & Nofroni, 1989: synonym of ''
Mikro giustii
''Mikro giustii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea at bathyal depth off Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Ital ...
''
(Bogi & Nofroni, 1989)
* ''Anekes inflata''
Warén, 1992:
synonym of ''
Granigyra inflata
''Granigyra inflata'' is a species of sea snail in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.
Description
The size of the shell varies between .
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Spain, Portugal, and Iceland Reykjanes Ridge.
R ...
''
(Warén, 1992)
* ''Anekes nofronii''
van Aartsen & Bogi, 1988: synonym of ''
Lissotesta turrita
''Lissotesta turrita'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.
Description
The shell grows to a height of 0.7 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Alboran Sea; in the Atla ...
''
(Gaglini, 1987)
* ''Anekes sabellii''
Bogi & Nofroni 1989: synonym of ''
Lissomphalia bithynoides
''Lissomphalia bithynoides'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The thin, whitish shell is narrowly umbilicated. Its maximum reported size is 1 mm. The fine growth lines are crossed b ...
''
(Monterosato, 1880)
* ''Anekes undulispira''
ic: synonym of ''Anekes undulisculpta''
Bouchet & Warén, 1979 (misspelling)
References
* Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1979). The abyssal molluscan fauna of the Norwegian Sea and its relation to other faunas. Sarsia. 64: 211-243.
* Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. 2009 ''Recent Mollusca.'' pp 196–219 in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.), The New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
External links
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 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. 180–213Kano Y., Chikyu, E. & Warén, A. (2009) ''Morphological, ecological and molecular characterization of the enigmatic planispiral snail genus Adeuomphalus (Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies, 75:397-418
Gastropod genera
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