Skenea basistriata

Skenea basistriata
Drawing with two views of a shell of Skenea basistriata
Scientific classification
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]

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.

References

1. Skenea basistriata (Jeffreys, 1877) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 12 September 2012.
2. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Cyclostrema basistriata)

• Jeffreys J. G., 1877: New and peculiar Mollusca of the Patellidae and other families of Gastropoda procured in the Valorous expedition; Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 19: 231–243
• Iberus : revista de la Sociedad Española de Malacología v.9 (1990)
• Gofas, 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

External links

• "Lissospira basistriata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 September 2012.