Skenea valvatoides

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Skenea valvatoides
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Drawing of a shell of Skenea valvatoides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Skenea
Species:
S. valvatoides
Binomial name
Skenea valvatoides
(Jeffreys, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Cyclostrema valvatoidesJeffreys, 1883 (original combination)
  • Moelleriopsis valvatoides(Jeffreys, 1883)

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

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Description

The diameter of the shell attains 3.1 mm. The rather solid, yellowish white shell is narrowly umbilicated. it is opaque, glossy, with a few irregular growth lines. The spire has a rather flattened apex. The suture is deep. The four whorls are well-rounded. The peristome is considerably expanded. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean at bathyal depths off Portugal.

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