Xyloskenea naticiformis

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Xyloskenea naticiformis
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X. naticiformis
Binomial name
Xyloskenea naticiformis
(Jeffreys, 1883) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Adeorbis umbilicatusLocard, 1898
  • Cithna excavataSykes, 1925
  • Cithna naticiformisJeffreys, 1883 (original combination)

Xyloskenea naticiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea. [2]

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Description

The shell grows to a height of 2.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs at bathyal depths in the Northern Atlantic Ocean, in the Bay of Biscay and off Portugal

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References

  1. Jeffreys J. G., 1878–1885: On the mollusca procured during the H. M. S. "Lightning" and "Porcupine" expedition; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 (1878): 393–416 pl. 22–23. Part 2 (1879): 553–588 pl. 45–46 [ottobre 1879]. Part 3 (1881): 693–724 pl. 61. Part 4 (1881): 922–952 pl. 70–71 [1882]. Part 5 (1882): 656–687 pl. 49–50 [1883]. Part 6 (1883): 88–115 pl. 19–20. Part 7 (1884): 111–149 pl. 9–10. Part 8 (1884): 341–372 pl. 26–28. Part 9 (1885): 27–63 pl. 4–6
  2. 1 2 Xyloskenea naticiformis (Jeffreys, 1883) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 27 March 2013.