Skenea carmelensis

Skenea carmelensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Skenea
Species:	S. carmelensis
Binomial name
Skenea carmelensis Smith & Gordon, 1948

Skenea carmelensis, common name the Carmel skenea, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

The height of the shell attains 1.3 mm, its diameter 1.7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California, United States.

References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Skenea carmelensis Smith & Gordon, 1948. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580420 on 2012-09-01
2. Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. II edit. Van Nostrand, New York 663 p. + 24 pl:

• Smith & Gordon, The marine mollusks and brachiopods of Monterey Bay, California, and vicinity; Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series, v. 26 (1948)

External links

• World Register of Marine Species