The Skeneidae are a speciose

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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.php?p=taxdetails&id=558146 on 2013-09-30 The former subfamily Skeneinae (in the family

Turbinidae Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespec ...

) was loosely defined. Information on the specific characters of this family are incompletely described. Recent molecular evidence suggests that a number of these genera in Skeneinae probably belong to other families altogether, so many of these assignments must be regarded as provisional. Williams noted in 2012 that "this group is in a desperate need of revision". The subfamily Skeneidae has been upgraded to the status of family Skeneidae, comprising most genera formerly in the subfamily Skeneinae. But even then, the family Skeneidae represents a

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, “skeneimorph” assemblage. It should be pruned of many genera which would go to the superfamily

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 ...

according to Kano (2008) Until a researcher formally assigns them to a seguenzioid family in the literature, the database

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prefers to keep them unchanged. This family is assemblage of small to very small shells that lack a nacreous structure. The shells are white and show no color patterns.

Genera

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Bruceiella ''Bruceiella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae. Species Species within the genus ''Bruceiella'' include: * '' Bruceiella athlia'' Warén & Bouchet, 2001 * '' Bruceiella globulus'' Warén & Bouchet, ...

'' Warén & Bouchet, 1993 * '' Callodix'' Laseron, 1954 * ''

Callomphala ''Callomphala'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae. ''Callomphala'' is considered by the Australian Faunal Directory as a synonym of ''Teinostoma (Callomphala)'' Adams & Angas, 1864, belonging to the fami ...

'' A. Adams & Angas, 1864 * ''

Cirsonella ''Cirsonella'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Cirsonella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails& ...

'' Angas, 1877 - synonym: ''

Tharsiella ''Cirsonella'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Cirsonella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetail ...

'' Bush, 1897 * ''

Dasyskenea ''Dasyskenea'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae ...

'' Fasulo & Cretella, 2003 * '' Didianema'' Woodring, 1928 * ''

Dikoleps ''Dikoleps'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae. Description Species in this genus are characterized by an outer lip with a shallow sinus. Species Species within the genus ''Dikoleps'' include: * '' Dik ...

'' Hoisaeter, 1968 * ''

Dillwynella ''Dillwynella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Skeneidae. The genus name of ''Dillwynella'' is in honour of Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1778 – 1855), who was a British porcelain ma ...

'' Dall, 1889WoRMS (2009). ''Dillwynella''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413477 on 2010-04-19 * ''

Fucaria ''Fucaria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae. A ...

'' Warén & Bouchet, 1993 * '' Ganesa'' Jeffreys, 1883 * ''

Haplocochlias ''Haplocochlias'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae. Description The solid, subperforate shell has a turbinate shape. The aperture is rounded. The thick peristome is continuous and exteriorly varicose. ...

'' Carpenter, 1864 * ''

Iheyaspira ''Iheyaspira'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae ...

'' Okutani, Sasaki & Tsuchida, 2000 * ''

Leucorhynchia ''Leucorhynchia'' is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae. Distribution This marine species occurs off the Gulf of Oman, Singapore, Indo-Malaysia, Central and East Indian Ocean, Papua New Guinea, Ne ...

'' Crosse, 1867 * '' Liocarinia'' Laseron, 1954 * '' Liotella'' Iredale, 1915 * ''

Lissomphalia ''Lissomphalia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneid ...

'' Warén, 1992 * ''

Lissospira ''Lissospira'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae. Description This genus was proposed for a group of deepwater species which had been erroneously referred to ''Cyclostrema''. They are small, thin, of ra ...

'' Bush, 1897 * '' Lodderena'' Iredale, 1924 * ''

Lodderia ''Lodderia'' is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Lodderia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdet ...

'' Tate, 1899 * ''

Lopheliella ''Lopheliella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae. Species Species within the genus ''Lopheliella'' include: * '' Lopheliella hermesae'' Hoffman, van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2008 * '' Lopheliella moolenbeeki ...

'' Hoffman, van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2008 * '' Lophocochlias'' Pilsbry, 1921 * '' Mikro'' Warén, 1996 * ''

Munditiella ''Munditiella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Munditiella'' Kuroda & Habe, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php ...

'' Kuroda & Habe, 1954 * '' Parisanda'' Laseron, 1954 * ''

Partubiola ''Partubiola'' is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; G ...

'' Iredale, 1936 * ''

Parviturbo ''Parviturbo'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae. Description The very small, solid shell is perforate or has a narrow umbilicus. It contains a few convex whorls. The protoconch consists of one o ...

'' Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945 * ''

Philorene ''Philorene'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Philorene'' Oliver, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails ...

'' Oliver, 1915 * '' Pondorbis'' Bartsch, 1915 *''

Protolira ''Protolira'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneid ...

'' Warén & Bouchet, 1993 * '' Pseudoliotina'' Cossmann, 1925 *''

Pseudorbis ''Pseudorbis'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae ...

'' Monterosato, 1884 * '' Rotostoma'' Laseron, 1954 * '' Seamountiella'' Rubio, Gofas & Rolán, 2019 * '' Skenea'' Fleming, 1825 - type genus * ''

Skeneoides ''Skeneoides'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae. Species Species within the genus ''Skeneoides'' include: * † '' Skeneoides crassistriata'' Lozouet, 1999 * ''Skeneoides exilissima'' (Philippi, 184 ...

'' Warén, 1992 * † ''

Spinobrookula ''Spinobrookula'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2 ...

'' Lozouet & Maestrati, 1982 * '' Tasmocrossea'' Dell, 1952 * '' Tholostoma'' Laseron, 1958 * ''

Zalipais ''Zalipais'' is a genus of minute sea snails or micromollusks, Marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Skeneidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Zalipais Iredale, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...

'' Iredale, 1915 ;Genera moved to other families: * ''

Bathyxylophila ''Bathyxylophila'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Larocheidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Bathyxylophila'' B. A. Marshall, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species The World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' B. A. Marshall, 1988: moved to family

Larocheidae Larocheidae is a family of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusc A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to m ...

Finlay, 1927 * ''

Conradia ''Conradia'' is a genus of very small sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Conradiidae. Species Species within the genus ''Conradia'' include: * '' Conradia abyssa'' Rubio & Rolán, 2017 * '' Conradia carinata'' R ...

'' A. Adams, 1860: moved to the family Crosseolidae Hickman, 2013 * ''

Crossea ''Crossea'' is a genus of very small sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Conradiidae. Distribution Species in this marine genus occur off the Gulf of Oman, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa; off Australia ...

'' A. Adams, 1865: moved to the family Crosseolidae Hickman, 2013 * '' Crosseola'' Iredale, 1924: moved to the family Crosseolidae Hickman, 2013 ; Genera brought into synonymy: * ''Chunula'' Thiele, 1925: synonym of ''

Granigyra ''Granigyra'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks, unassigned in the superfamily (biology), superfamily Seguenzioidea. Species Species within the genus ''Granigyra'' include: * ''Granigyra arenosa'' Warén, 1993 ...

'' Dall, 1889 * ''Crosseia'' P. Fischer, 1885: synonym of ''

'' A. Adams, 1865 * ''Gottoina'' A. Adams, 1863: synonym of ''

'' A. Adams, 1860 * ''Helisalia'' Laseron, 1954: synonym of '' Omalogyra'' Jeffreys, 1859 * ''Lapidicola'' Egorova, 1972: synonym of ''

Lissotesta ''Lissotesta'' is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2012). Lissotesta. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www ...

'' Iredale, 1915 * ''Porcupinia'' Cossmann, 1900: synonym of ''

'' Angas, 1877 * ''Skeneia'' ic synonym of '' Skenea'' Fleming, 1825 * ''Tharsiella'' Bush, 1897: synonym of ''

'' Angas, 1877 * ''Tharsis'' Jeffreys, 1883:synonym of ''

'' Angas, 1877

References

* Hickman, C.S. & McLean, J.H. (1990) ''Systematic revision and suprageneric classification of trochacean gastropods.''; Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series, 35, 1–169 * Warén, A. (1991) ''New and little known skeneimorph gastropods from the Mediterranean Sea and the adjacent Atlantic Ocean.'' Bollettino Malacologico, 27, 149–248.

External links

Seashells of New South Wales: Family Skeneidae
{{Commons category Trochoidea (superfamily)