''Trenchia xenos'' is a species of

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Seguenzioidea.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Xyloskenea xenos''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=537150 on27 March 2013

Distribution

This species occurs in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.

References

* Hoffman, L.; Gofas, S.; Freiwald, A. (2020). A large biodiversity of “skeneimorph” (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) species from the South Azorean Seamount Chain, with the description of seventeen new species. Iberus. 38 (supplement 9): 1-82.

External links

Encyclopedia of Life

World Register of Marine Species
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