Skenella georgiana

Skenella georgiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cingulopsidae
Genus:	Skenella
Species:	S. georgiana
Binomial name
Skenella georgiana Pfeffer, 1886
Synonyms [1]
Skenella (Skenella) georgianaPfeffer, 1886

Skenella georgiana is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cingulopsidae. ^[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 1.22 mm. ^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 16 m. ^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 16 m. ^[2]

References

1. Skenella georgiana Pfeffer, 1886 . WoRMS (2009). Skenella georgiana Pfeffer, 1886. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197448 on 19 August 2012 .
2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .

• Ponder, W. F. (1983) Rissoaform gastropods from the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic: the Eatoniellidae, Rissoidae, Barleeidae, Cingulopsidae, Orbitestellidae and Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, with a review of the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic (excluding southern South America and the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands) species. British Antarctic Survey, Scientific Reports 108: 1–96

External links

• Southern Ocean Mollusc Database (SOMBASE): Skenella georgiana