''Skenella'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of 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
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s in the
family
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Cingulopsidae
Cingulopsidae is a family (biology), family of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.
According to Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi ( ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Skenella'' include:
* ''
Skenella castanea''
(Laseron, 1950)
* ''
Skenella conica''
(Kay, 1979)
* ''
Skenella edwardiensis''
(Watson, 1886)
* ''
Skenella georgiana''
Pfeffer, 1886
* ''
Skenella hallae''
Ponder & Worsfold, 1994
* ''
Skenella paludinoides''
(Smith, 1902)
* ''
Skenella pfefferi''
Suter, 1909
* ''
Skenella ponderi''
(Kay, 1979)
* ''
Skenella porcellana''
(Ponder & Yoo, 1980)
* ''
Skenella sinapi''
(Watson, 1886)
* ''
Skenella spadix''
(Ponder, 1965)
* ''
Skenella translucida''
(Ponder & Yoo, 1980)
* ''
Skenella umbilicata''
Ponder, 1983
* ''
Skenella wareni''
Ponder & Worsfold, 1994
* ''
Skenella westralis''
(Ponder & Yoo, 1980)
; Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Skenella minima''
Thiele, 1925: synonym of ''
Eatoniella minima''
(Thiele, 1925)
References
* ''A review of the genera of the Cingulopsidae with a revision of the Australian and tropical Indo-Pacific species (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)''. Records of the Australian Museum, 33(1) 1980: 1-88
* Ponder, W. F. (1983
''Rissoaform gastropods from the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic: the Eatoniellidae, Rissoidae, Barleeidae, Cingulopsidae, Orbitestellidae and Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, with a review of the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic (excluding southern South America and the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands) species'' British Antarctic Survey, Scientific Reports 108: 1-96
Cingulopsidae
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