''Skenea divae'' is a

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of minute

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, a marine

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in the

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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 ...

Description

The common size of the shell of species is 0.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the

Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ea ...

References

* Carrozza F. & van Aartsen J.J. (2001). ''Skenea divae sp. nov., a new skeneimorph Gastropod from the Mediterranean''. La Conchiglia 299: 37–38 * Templado, J. and R. Villanueva 2010 ''Checklist of Phylum Mollusca. pp. 148-198'' In Coll, M., et al., 2010. The biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: estimates, patterns, and threats. PLoS ONE 5(8):36pp.

External links

Molluschi Marini: ''Skenea divae''
divae Gastropods described in 2001 {{Trochoidea-stub