Skenea ferruginea

Skenea ferruginea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Skenea
Species:	S. ferruginea
Binomial name
Skenea ferruginea Warén, 1991

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

Description

The size of the shell attains 1.7 mm.

This species is gonochoric.

Embryos of this species develop into trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before reaching maturity. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northern Atlantic Ocean off Greenland and Iceland at depths between 156 m and 900 m.

References

1. Skenea ferruginea Warén, 1991 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 21 April 2010.
2. "Reproduction Summary - Skenea ferruginea". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 7 September 2025.

• Warén, A. 1991. New and little known Mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia. Sarsia 76: 53–124
• 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