Skenea catenoides

Skenea catenoides
Different views of a shell of Skenea catenoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Skenea
Species:	S. catenoides
Binomial name
Skenea catenoides (Monterosato, 1877)
Synonyms [1]
Cyclostrema catenoidesMonterosato, 1877 (original combination) Cyclostrema monterosatoiAncey, 1898 Lodderena catenoides(Monterosato, 1877)

Skenea catenoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

The size of the shell attains 1.1 mm. The shell is widely umbilicated, closely spirally striated throughout, with several spiral chain-like lines on the base. The whorls are convex, regularly increasing. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain, Portugal and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.

Drawing of a shell of Skenea catenoides

References

1. Skenea catenoides (Monterosato, 1877) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 21 April 2010.
2. Eddie Hardy (20 December 2010). "Skenea catenoides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
3. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Cyclostrema catenoides )

• Monterosato T. A. (di), 1877 (maggio)a: Notizie sulle conchiglie della rada di Civitavecchia; Annali del Museo civico di Genova 9 (1876–1877): 407–428
• Piani P. (1980). Catalogo dei Molluschi conchiferi viventi nel Mediterraneo. Bollettino Malacologico 16(5–6): 113–224
• 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

• Oliverio, Marco (2006). Gastropoda Prosobranchia archeo, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana
• Ancey C.F. (1898). List of marine shells collected at Port Gueydon, Kabylia, with description of a new Cyclostrema. The Nautilus. 12: 52–57
• "Skenea catenoides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.