Skenella umbilicata

Skenella umbilicata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cingulopsidae
Genus:	Skenella
Species:	S. umbilicata
Binomial name
	Skenella umbilicata; Ponder, 1983
Synonyms
	Skenella (Skenella) umbilicata Ponder, 1983

Last updated June 09, 2025

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

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 1.66 mm.^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 4 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 10 m.^[2]

References

1 2 Skenella umbilicata Ponder, 1983 . WoRMS (2009). Skenella umbilicata Ponder, 1983. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197450 on 19 August 2012 .
1 2 3 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 umbilicata

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Skenella umbilicata Ponder, 1983 . WoRMS (2009). Skenella umbilicata Ponder, 1983. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197450 on 19 August 2012 .

[Welch_2010-2] 1 2 3 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 .

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