''Skenea carmelensis'', common name the Carmel skenea, is a
species of
sea snail
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family 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 ...
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[Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Skenea carmelensis'' Smith & Gordon, 1948. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580420 on 2012-09-01][Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. II edit. Van Nostrand, New York 663 p. + 24 pl:]
Description
The height of the shell attains 1.3 mm, its diameter 1.7 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off
California, USA.
References
Smith & Gordon, T''he marine mollusks and brachiopods of Monterey Bay,California, and vicinity''; Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series, v. 26 (1948)
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
carmelensis
Gastropods described in 1948
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