Skenea trochoides

Skenea trochoides
Drawing with two views of a shell of Skenea trochoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Skenea
Species:	S. trochoides
Binomial name
Skenea trochoides (Friele, 1876)
Synonyms [1]
Cyclostrema laevigatumFriele, 1874 Cyclostrema peterseniFriele 1877 Cyclostrema trochoidesFriele, 1874 (original combination) Ganesa laevigata(Friele, 1876) Moelleria laevigataFriele, 1876 Skenea laevigataJeffreys, 1876 Tharsiella trochoidesFriele, 1874

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

G.W. Tryon thought this species was a synonym of Cyclostrema peterseniFrielle, 1877 (now a synonym of Skenea peterseni (Friele, 1877)) ^[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3 mm. The white shell is perforate, somewhat solid. It is opaque, smooth, and shining. The base of the shell contains sometimes a few faint oblique, curved lines;. The four whorls are convex and have a deep suture. The columellar lip is vertical, forming a slight angle with the outer lip at their junction. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Arctic Ocean and in the northern Atlantic Ocean off Greenland, the Faroes and Scandinavia at depths between 60 m and 160 m.

References

1. Skenea trochoides (Friele, 1876) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 21 April 2010.
2. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Cyclostrema trochoides)

• Friele H., 1876: Bidrag til Vestlandets Molluskfauna; Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania 1875: 57–64
• 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

• "Skenea trochoides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.