Skenea basistriata

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Skenea basistriata
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Drawing with wo views of a shell of Skenea basistriata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Skenea
Species:
S. basistriata
Binomial name
Skenea basistriata
(Jeffreys, 1877)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cyclostrema affine A. E. Verrill, 1884
  • Cyclostrema basistriataTryon, 1888
  • Cyclostrema basistriatumJeffreys, 1877 (original description)
  • Cyclostrema proximumTryon, G.W., 1888
  • Cyclostrema willeiFriele, H., 1886
  • Delphinoidea basistriataJeffreys, 1877
  • Lissospira basistriata(Jeffreys, 1877)
  • Skenea basistriataFretter & Graham, 1977

Skenea basistriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 1.2 mm and 4 mm. The smooth, shining shell is narrowly umbilicated. It contains 4½ tumid whorls with a deep suture. These whorls are rapidly increasing in size. The base of the shell shows an oblique, arcuate stripe running into the umbilicus. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, and the Atlantic Boreal to Arctic region. It also has been found as a fossil in the Italian Pliocene.

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