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Skeneidae The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php ...

.Bouchet, P. (2012). Lodderena Iredale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224555 on 2012-09-12

Species

Species within the genus ''Lodderena'' include: * '' Lodderena bunnelli'' Redfern & Rolán, 2005 * '' Lodderena emeryi'' (Ladd, 1966) * '' Lodderena formosa''

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Lodderena janetmayae ''Lodderena janetmayae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae. Description The size of the shell is 1 mm. Distribution This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas The Bahama ...

'' Rubio, F., E.M. Rolán & C. Redfern, 1998 * '' Lodderena minima'' (Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1878) * '' Lodderena nana''

, 1930 ** Subspecies ''Lodderena nana pooki'' Fleming, 1948 * '' Lodderena omanensis'' Moolenbeek, 1996 * '' Lodderena ornata'' (Olsson & McGinty, 1958) * '' Lodderena pachynepion'' (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1945) * ''

Lodderena pulchella ''Lodderena pulchella'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae. Description The size of the shell attains 0.85 mm. Distribution This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea an ...

'' (Olsson & McGinty, 1958) * '' Lodderena tanae'' Moolenbeek, 1996 * '' Lodderena vladimiri'' Chernyshev, Rolán & Rubio, 2016 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Lodderena catenoides'' (Monterosato, 1877): synonym of ''

Skenea catenoides ''Skenea catenoides'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae. Description The size of the shell attains 1.1 mm. The shell is widely umbilicated, closely spirally striated throughout, with several spir ...

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References

* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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* Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.'' Skeneidae Extant Miocene first appearances Gastropod genera {{Trochoidea-stub