''Xyloskenea'' 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
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 ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s, unassigned in the
superfamily
SUPERFAMILY is a database and search platform of structural and functional annotation for all proteins and genomes. It classifies amino acid sequences into known structural domains, especially into SCOP superfamilies. Domains are functional, str ...
Seguenzioidea
Seguenzioidea is a family (biology), superfamily of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.Gofas, S. (2010). Seguenzioidea. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Xyloskenea'' include:
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Xyloskenea consors
''Xyloskenea consors'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Xyloskenea consors'' B. A. Marshall, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at h ...
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B. A. Marshall, 1988
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Xyloskenea costulifera
''Xyloskenea costulifera'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Xyloskenea costulifera'' B. A. Marshall, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...
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B. A. Marshall, 1988
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Xyloskenea depressa
''Xyloskenea depressa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea, the turban snails.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Xyloskenea depressa'' B. A. Marshall, 1988. Accessed through: World Register o ...
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B. A. Marshall, 1988
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Xyloskenea grahami
''Xyloskenea grahami'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.Marshall, B. (2013). ''Xyloskenea grahami'' B.A. Marshall, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...
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B.A. Marshall, 1988
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Xyloskenea naticiformis
''Xyloskenea naticiformis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc.
Description
The shell grows to a height of 2.5 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs at bathyal depths in the Northern Atlantic Ocean, in the Bay of Biscay ...
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(Jeffreys, 1883)
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Xyloskenea rhyssa
''Xyloskenea rhyssa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Xyloskenea rhyssa'' (Dall, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...
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(Dall, 1927)
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Xyloskenea translucens
''Xyloskenea translucens'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Xyloskenea translucens'' (Dall, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species
The ...
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(Dall, 1927)
;Synonyms:
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Xyloskenea xenos
''Trenchia xenos'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Xyloskenea xenos''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/a ...
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Hoffman, Van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2010: synonym of ''
Trenchia xenos
''Trenchia xenos'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Xyloskenea xenos''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/a ...
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(Hoffman, Van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2010)
References
External links
Marshall B.A. 1988. S''keneidae, Vitrinellidae and Orbitestellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) associated with biogenic substrata from bathyal depths off New Zealand and New South Wales.'' Journal of Natural History, 22(4): 949-1004 Kano Y., Chikyu, E. & Warén, A. (2009) ''Morphological, ecological and molecular characterization of the enigmatic planispiral snail genus Adeuomphalus (Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea)''. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 75:397-418Gofas, 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
Gastropod genera
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