''Skenea'' is a
genus
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of small to minute
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Skeneidae
The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.ph ...
.
This genus is type genus for the family Skeneidae. It has been used as a general receptacle for species that are probably unrelated to the type species ''Helix serpuloides''
Montagu, 1808, such as ''
Skenea divae''
Carrozza & Van Aartsen, 2001 and ''
Skenea nilarum''
Engl, 1996.
Species
Species within the genus ''Skenea'' include:
* ''
Skenea areolata''
(Sars, 1878)
* ''
Skenea basicarinata''
Hoffman, Gofas & Freiwald, 2020
* ''
Skenea basistriata''
(Jeffreys, 1877)
* ''
Skenea californica''
(Bartsch, 1907)
* ''
Skenea carmelensis''
Smith & Gordon, 1948
* ''
Skenea catenoides
''Skenea catenoides'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The size of the shell attains 1.1 mm. The shell is widely umbilicated, closely spirally striated throughout, with several spir ...
''
(Monterosato, 1877)
* ''
Skenea concordia''
(Bartsch, 1920)
* ''
Skenea coronadoensis''
(Arnold, 1903)
* ''
Skenea costulata''
Sbrana & Siracusa, 2018
* † ''
Skenea crassa''
Lozouet, 1999
* † ''
Skenea dautzenbergi''
(Glibert, 1949)
* ''
Skenea diaphana''
(A. E. Verrill, 1884)
* ''
Skenea divae''
Carrozza & van Aartsen, 2001
* ''
Skenea ferruginea''
Warén, 1991
* ''
Skenea giemellorum''
Romani, Bogi & Bartolini, 2015
* ''
Skenea inclinans''
(Barnard, 1963)
* † ''
Skenea indubitabilis''
Lozouet, 1999
* ''
Skenea larseni''
Warén, 1993
* † ''
Skenea minuticostata''
Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2017
* † ''
Skenea multicostellata''
Lozouet, 1999
* ''
Skenea nilarum''
Engl, 1996
* ''
Skenea olgae''
Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
* ''
Skenea ossiansarsi''
Warén, 1991
* ''
Skenea pelagia''
Nofroni & Valenti, 1987
* ''
Skenea peterseni''
(Friele, 1877)
* ''
Skenea polita''
Warén, 1993
* ''
Skenea ponsonbyi''
(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
* ''
Skenea profunda''
Friele, 1879
* ''
Skenea proxima''
(Tryon, 1888)
* ''
Skenea rugulosa''
(Sars, 1878)
* † ''
Skenea saga''
Lozouet, 1999
* † ''
Skenea sanctistephani''
Lozouet, 1999
* ''
Skenea serpuloides''
(Montagu, 1808)
* † ''
Skenea subauriculata''
Lozouet, 1998
* ''
Skenea trochoides
''Skenea trochoides'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
G.W. Tryon thought this species was a synonym of ''Cyclostrema peterseni'' Frielle, 1877 (now a synonym of '' Skenea peterseni'' (Friele, 1877 ...
''
(Friele, 1876)
* ''
Skenea turgida''
(Odhner, 1912)
* ''
Skenea valvatoides''
(Jeffreys, 1883)
* ''
Skenea victori''
Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
* † ''
Skenea wareni''
Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2017
* †''
Skenea wesselinghi''
D. F. Hoeksema & Simons, 2020
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Skenea alderi''
Jeffreys, J.G., 1865: synonym of ''
Dikoleps nitens''
(Philippi, 1844)
* ''Skenea bujnitzkii''
(Gorbunov, 1946): synonym of ''
Lissospira bujnitzkii''
(Gorbunov, 1946)
* ''Skenea cornuella''
A. Adams, 1860: synonym of ''
Tubiola cornuella''
(A. Adams, 1860)
* ''Skenea cutleriana''
Clark, 1849: synonym of ''
Dikoleps cutleriana''
(Clark, 1848)
* ''Skenea divisa''
Forbes & Hanley 1853: synonym of ''
Skenea serpuloides''
(Montagu, 1808)
* ''Skenea exilissima''
(Philippi 1844): synonym of ''
Skeneoides exilissima
''Skeneoides exilissima'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The size of the shell reaches up to 1 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the western Mediterranean Sea off A ...
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(Philippi 1844)
* ''Skenea forbesi''
Nordsieck 1982: synonym of ''
Dikoleps nitens''
(Philippi, 1844)
* ''Skenea gouldii''
Philippi, 1853: synonym of ''
Skeneopsis planorbis''
(Fabricius, 1780)
* ''Skenea helicina''
Monterosato 1874: synonym of ''
Xenoskenea pellucida''
(Monterosato 1874)
* ''Skenea hyalina''
Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of ''
Skeneopsis planorbis''
(Fabricius, 1780)
* ''Skenea laevigata''
Jeffreys, 1876: synonym of ''Skenea trochoides''
(Friele, 1876)
* ''Skenea laevis''
Forbes & Hanley 1856: synonym of ''
Dikoleps nitens''
(Philippi 1844)
* ''Skenea liratus''
A. E. Verrill, 1882: synonym of ''
Circulus liratus''
(A. E. Verrill, 1882)
* ''Skenea maculata''
Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of ''
Skeneopsis planorbis''
(Fabricius, 1780)
* ''Skenea mutabilis''
Costa, O.G., 1861: synonym of ''
Dikoleps nitens''
(Philippi, 1844)
* ''Skenea nitens''
(Philippi, 1844): synonym of ''
Dikoleps pusilla''
(Jeffreys, 1847)
* ''Skenea nitidissima''
Forbes & Hanley 1853: synonym of ''
Omalogyra atomus''
(Philippi 1841)
* ''Skenea pellucida''
Monterosato 1874: synonym of ''
Xenoskenea pellucida''
(Monterosato 1874)
* ''Skenea pellucidoides''
Nordsieck 1982: synonym of ''
Xenoskenea pellucida''
(Monterosato 1874)
* ''Skenea petitii''
P. Fischer, 1857: synonym of ''
Solariorbis petitii''
(P. Fischer, 1857)
* ''Skenea planorbis''
Fabricius, 1780: synonym of ''
Skeneopsis planorbis''
(Fabricius, 1780)
* ''Skenea rota''
Forbes & Hanley, 1850: synonym of ''
Ammonicera rota
''Ammonicera rota'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Omalogyridae.
Description
The size of the shell attains 0.7 mm.
(Original description) The shell is discoid, flattened on both sides but slightly s ...
''
(Forbes & Hanley, 1850)
* ''Skenea serpuloides''
auct. non Montagu, 1808: synonym of ''
Skeneopsis planorbis''
(Fabricius, 1780)
* ''Skenea subcanaliculata''
E.A. Smith, 1875: synonym of ''
Microdiscula subcanaliculata''
(E.A. Smith, 1875)
* ''Skenea sulcata''
Simpson, 1887: synonym of ''Cyclostremiscus beauii''
(P. Fischer, 1857)
* ''Skenea tricarinata''
Webster, 1856: synonym of ''
Ammonicera rota
''Ammonicera rota'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Omalogyridae.
Description
The size of the shell attains 0.7 mm.
(Original description) The shell is discoid, flattened on both sides but slightly s ...
''
(Forbes & Hanley, 1850)
* ''Skenea trilix''
Bush, 1885: synonym of ''
Cyclostremiscus trilix''
(Bush, 1885)
* ''Skenea trochiformis''
Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of ''
Skeneopsis planorbis''
(Fabricius, 1780)
References
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca.'' American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
* 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
External links
Fleming J. 1825. ''On the British testaceous annelids''. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, 12(24): 238-248Gray J.E. (1847). ''A list of the genera of recent mollusca, their synonyma and types.'' Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219Tom Iredale, ''Some more misused molluscan generic names : Skenea''; Journal of Molluscan Studies, 11:5, pp. 291-306; April 1915
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Skeneidae
Gastropod genera