''Skenea'' is a
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of small to minute
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s 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 ...
.
This genus is type genus for the family Skeneidae. It has been used as a general receptacle for species that are probably unrelated to the type species ''Helix serpuloides''
Montagu, 1808, such as ''
Skenea divae''
Carrozza & Van Aartsen, 2001 and ''
Skenea nilarum''
Engl, 1996.
Species
Species within the genus ''Skenea'' include:
* ''
Skenea areolata
''Skenea areolata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The size of the shell attains 2 mm. The solid, semipellucid, white shell is widely, perspectively umbilicated. It is finely spir ...
''
(Sars, 1878)
* ''
Skenea basicarinata''
Hoffman, Gofas & Freiwald, 2020
* ''
Skenea basistriata
''Skenea basistriata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 1.2 mm and 4 mm. The smooth, shining shell is narrowly umbilicated. It contains 4 ...
''
(Jeffreys, 1877)
* ''
Skenea californica''
(Bartsch, 1907)
* ''
Skenea carmelensis''
Smith & Gordon, 1948
* ''
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 ...
''
(Monterosato, 1877)
* ''
Skenea concordia''
(Bartsch, 1920)
* ''
Skenea coronadoensis''
(Arnold, 1903)
* ''
Skenea costulata
''Skenea'' is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.
This genus is type genus for the family Skeneidae. It has been used as a general receptacle for species that are probably unrelated to the ty ...
''
Sbrana & Siracusa, 2018
* † ''
Skenea crassa
''Skenea'' is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.
This genus is type genus for the family Skeneidae. It has been used as a general receptacle for species that are probably unrelated to the ty ...
''
Lozouet, 1999
* † ''
Skenea dautzenbergi''
(Glibert, 1949)
* ''
Skenea diaphana
''Skenea diaphana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The size of the shell attains 2.5 mm.
The thin shell is narrowly umbilicated. It has a depressed trochiform shape. It is translu ...
''
(A. E. Verrill, 1884)
* ''
Skenea divae''
Carrozza & van Aartsen, 2001
* ''
Skenea ferruginea
''Skenea ferruginea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The size of the shell attains 1.7 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Northern Atlantic Ocean off Greenland and Icel ...
''
Warén, 1991
* ''
Skenea giemellorum
''Skenea'' is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.
This genus is type genus for the family Skeneidae. It has been used as a general receptacle for species that are probably unrelated to the ty ...
''
Romani, Bogi & Bartolini, 2015
* ''
Skenea inclinans
''Skenea'' is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.
This genus is type genus for the family Skeneidae. It has been used as a general receptacle for species that are probably unrelated to the ty ...
''
(Barnard, 1963)
* † ''
Skenea indubitabilis
''Skenea'' is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.
This genus is type genus for the family Skeneidae. It has been used as a general receptacle for species that are probably unrelated to the ty ...
''
Lozouet, 1999
* ''
Skenea larseni
''Skenea larseni'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The size of the shell attains 2 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in northern Atlantic Ocean off southern Iceland to s ...
''
Warén, 1993
* † ''
Skenea minuticostata
''Skenea'' is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.
This genus is type genus for the family Skeneidae. It has been used as a general receptacle for species that are probably unrelated to the ty ...
''
Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2017
* † ''
Skenea multicostellata
''Skenea'' is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.
This genus is type genus for the family Skeneidae. It has been used as a general receptacle for species that are probably unrelated to the ty ...
''
Lozouet, 1999
* ''
Skenea nilarum''
Engl, 1996
* ''
Skenea olgae
''Skenea olgae'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 0.7 mm and 1.1 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Ma ...
''
Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
* ''
Skenea ossiansarsi
''Skenea ossiansarsi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod 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) ...
''
Warén, 1991
* ''
Skenea pelagia
''Skenea pelagia'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.
References
* Nofroni I. & Valenti G. A., 1987: ''Skenea pelagia n. sp. ...
''
Nofroni & Valenti, 1987
* ''
Skenea peterseni
''Skenea peterseni'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
(Original description by Herman Friele) The height of the shell attains 2.5 mm, its diameter 2.3 mm. The shell has a somew ...
''
(Friele, 1877)
* ''
Skenea polita
''Skenea polita'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The size of the shell attains 1.6 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Iceland
Iceland ( is, ...
''
Warén, 1993
* ''
Skenea ponsonbyi''
(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
* ''
Skenea profunda
''Skenea profunda'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
A marine nematode ''Endeolophos skeneae'' (family Chromadoridae) is epibiotically associated with ''Skenea profunda''Endeolophos skeneae sp nov ( ...
''
Friele, 1879
* ''
Skenea proxima
''Skenea proxima'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Skenea proxima'' (Tryon, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.ph ...
''
(Tryon, 1888)
* ''
Skenea rugulosa
''Skenea rugulosa'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 0.75 mm and 1.5 mm.
The shell is narrowly umbilicated. It is pellucid, yellowis ...
''
(Sars, 1878)
* † ''
Skenea saga
''Skenea'' is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.
This genus is type genus for the family Skeneidae. It has been used as a general receptacle for species that are probably unrelated to the ty ...
''
Lozouet, 1999
* † ''
Skenea sanctistephani
''Skenea'' is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.
This genus is type genus for the family Skeneidae. It has been used as a general receptacle for species that are probably unrelated to the ty ...
''
Lozouet, 1999
* ''
Skenea serpuloides
''Skenea serpuloides'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The size of the shell attains 2 mm. The white shell is widely umbilicated and has a turbinate shape. The spire is eleva ...
''
(Montagu, 1808)
* † ''
Skenea subauriculata''
Lozouet, 1998
* ''
Skenea trochoides
''Skenea trochoides'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
G.W. Tryon thought this species was a synonym of ''Cyclostrema peterseni'' Frielle, 1877 (now a synonym of '' Skenea peterseni'' (Friele, 18 ...
''
(Friele, 1876)
* ''
Skenea turgida''
(Odhner, 1912)
* ''
Skenea valvatoides''
(Jeffreys, 1883)
* ''
Skenea victori''
Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
* † ''
Skenea wareni''
Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2017
* †''
Skenea wesselinghi''
D. F. Hoeksema & Simons, 2020
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Skenea alderi''
Jeffreys, J.G., 1865: synonym of ''
Dikoleps nitens
''Dikoleps nitens'' is a minute species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 0.4 mm and 1.4 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in European waters and in ...
''
(Philippi, 1844)
* ''Skenea bujnitzkii''
(Gorbunov, 1946): synonym of ''
Lissospira bujnitzkii''
(Gorbunov, 1946)
* ''Skenea cornuella''
A. Adams, 1860: synonym of ''
Tubiola cornuella''
(A. Adams, 1860)
* ''Skenea cutleriana''
Clark, 1849: synonym of ''
Dikoleps cutleriana''
(Clark, 1848)
* ''Skenea divisa''
Forbes & Hanley 1853: synonym of ''
Skenea serpuloides
''Skenea serpuloides'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The size of the shell attains 2 mm. The white shell is widely umbilicated and has a turbinate shape. The spire is eleva ...
''
(Montagu, 1808)
* ''Skenea exilissima''
(Philippi 1844): synonym of ''
Skeneoides exilissima''
(Philippi 1844)
* ''Skenea forbesi''
Nordsieck 1982: synonym of ''
Dikoleps nitens
''Dikoleps nitens'' is a minute species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 0.4 mm and 1.4 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in European waters and in ...
''
(Philippi, 1844)
* ''Skenea gouldii''
Philippi, 1853: synonym of ''
Skeneopsis planorbis''
(Fabricius, 1780)
* ''Skenea helicina''
Monterosato 1874: synonym of ''
Xenoskenea pellucida''
(Monterosato 1874)
* ''Skenea hyalina''
Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of ''
Skeneopsis planorbis''
(Fabricius, 1780)
* ''Skenea laevigata''
Jeffreys, 1876: synonym of ''Skenea trochoides''
(Friele, 1876)
* ''Skenea laevis''
Forbes & Hanley 1856: synonym of ''
Dikoleps nitens
''Dikoleps nitens'' is a minute species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 0.4 mm and 1.4 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in European waters and in ...
''
(Philippi 1844)
* ''Skenea liratus''
A. E. Verrill, 1882: synonym of ''
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''
(A. E. Verrill, 1882)
* ''Skenea maculata''
Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of ''
Skeneopsis planorbis''
(Fabricius, 1780)
* ''Skenea mutabilis''
Costa, O.G., 1861: synonym of ''
Dikoleps nitens
''Dikoleps nitens'' is a minute species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 0.4 mm and 1.4 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in European waters and in ...
''
(Philippi, 1844)
* ''Skenea nitens''
(Philippi, 1844): synonym of ''
Dikoleps pusilla
''Dikoleps nitens'' is a minute species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 0.4 mm and 1.4 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in European waters and in ...
''
(Jeffreys, 1847)
* ''Skenea nitidissima''
Forbes & Hanley 1853: synonym of ''
Omalogyra atomus
''Omalogyra'' is a genus of minute marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Omalogyridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Omalogyra Jeffreys, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...
''
(Philippi 1841)
* ''Skenea pellucida''
Monterosato 1874: synonym of ''
Xenoskenea pellucida''
(Monterosato 1874)
* ''Skenea pellucidoides''
Nordsieck 1982: synonym of ''
Xenoskenea pellucida''
(Monterosato 1874)
* ''Skenea petitii''
P. Fischer, 1857: synonym of ''
Solariorbis petitii''
(P. Fischer, 1857)
* ''Skenea planorbis''
Fabricius, 1780: synonym of ''
Skeneopsis planorbis''
(Fabricius, 1780)
* ''Skenea rota''
Forbes & Hanley, 1850: synonym of ''
Ammonicera rota''
(Forbes & Hanley, 1850)
* ''Skenea serpuloides''
auct. non Montagu, 1808: synonym of ''
Skeneopsis planorbis''
(Fabricius, 1780)
* ''Skenea subcanaliculata''
E.A. Smith, 1875: synonym of ''
Microdiscula subcanaliculata''
(E.A. Smith, 1875)
* ''Skenea sulcata''
Simpson, 1887: synonym of ''Cyclostremiscus beauii''
(P. Fischer, 1857)
* ''Skenea tricarinata''
Webster, 1856: synonym of ''
Ammonicera rota''
(Forbes & Hanley, 1850)
* ''Skenea trilix''
Bush, 1885: synonym of ''
Cyclostremiscus trilix''
(Bush, 1885)
* ''Skenea trochiformis''
Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of ''
Skeneopsis planorbis''
(Fabricius, 1780)
References
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca.'' American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.'' Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
External links
Fleming J. 1825. ''On the British testaceous annelids''. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, 12(24): 238-248Gray J.E. (1847). ''A list of the genera of recent mollusca, their synonyma and types.'' Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219Tom Iredale, ''Some more misused molluscan generic names : Skenea''; Journal of Molluscan Studies, 11:5, pp. 291-306; April 1915
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