Skenea serpuloides

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Skenea serpuloides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Skenea
Species:
S. serpuloides
Binomial name
Skenea serpuloides
(Montagu, 1808)
Synonyms
  • Cyclostrema divisaA. Adams, 1864
  • Delphinula laevisPhilippi 1844
  • Helix serpuloidesMontagu 1808 (original combination)
  • Skenea divisaForbes & Hanley 1853
  • Skeneia serpuliformisLocard 1886

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

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Description

The size of the shell attains 2 mm. The white shell is widely umbilicated and has a turbinate shape. The spire is elevated, with an obtuse apex. The three whorls are rounded and spirally striate. The body whorl descends obliquely, becoming free. The aperture is obliquely ovate. The periphery is contiguous. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Sea and in the Mediterranean Sea.

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