The Skeneidae are a speciose
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of minute to small
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gastropod
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s in the superfamily
Trochoidea.
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558146 on 2013-09-30]
The former subfamily Skeneinae (in the family
Turbinidae
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) was loosely defined. Information on the specific characters of this family are incompletely described. Recent molecular evidence suggests that a number of these genera in Skeneinae probably belong to other families altogether, so many of these assignments must be regarded as provisional. Williams noted in 2012 that "this group is in a desperate need of revision".
The subfamily Skeneidae has been upgraded to the status of family Skeneidae, comprising most genera formerly in the subfamily Skeneinae. But even then, the family Skeneidae represents a
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, “skeneimorph” assemblage. It should be pruned of many genera which would go to the superfamily
Seguenzioidea
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according to Kano (2008)
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prefers to keep them unchanged.
This family is assemblage of small to very small shells that lack a nacreous structure. The shells are white and show no color patterns.
Genera
* ''
Bruceiella''
Warén & Bouchet, 1993
* ''
Callodix''
Laseron, 1954
* ''
Callomphala''
A. Adams & Angas, 1864
* ''
Cirsonella'' Angas, 1877 - synonym: ''
Tharsiella''
Bush, 1897
* ''
Dasyskenea''
Fasulo & Cretella, 2003
* ''
Didianema''
Woodring, 1928
* ''
Dikoleps''
Hoisaeter, 1968
* ''
Dillwynella''
Dall, 1889[WoRMS (2009). ''Dillwynella''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413477 on 2010-04-19]
* ''
Fucaria''
Warén & Bouchet, 1993
* ''
Ganesa''
Jeffreys, 1883
* ''
Haplocochlias''
Carpenter, 1864
* ''
Iheyaspira''
Okutani, Sasaki & Tsuchida, 2000
* ''
Leucorhynchia''
Crosse, 1867
* ''
Liocarinia''
Laseron, 1954
* ''
Liotella''
Iredale, 1915
* ''
Lissomphalia''
Warén, 1992
* ''
Lissospira''
Bush, 1897
* ''
Lodderena''
Iredale, 1924
* ''
Lodderia''
Tate, 1899
* ''
Lopheliella''
Hoffman, van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2008
* ''
Lophocochlias''
Pilsbry, 1921
* ''
Mikro''
Warén, 1996
* ''
Munditiella''
Kuroda & Habe, 1954
* ''
Parisanda''
Laseron, 1954
* ''
Partubiola''
Iredale, 1936
* ''
Parviturbo''
Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945
* ''
Philorene''
Oliver, 1915
* ''
Pondorbis''
Bartsch, 1915
*''
Protolira''
Warén & Bouchet, 1993
* ''
Pseudoliotina''
Cossmann, 1925
*''
Pseudorbis''
Monterosato, 1884
* ''
Rotostoma''
Laseron, 1954
* ''
Seamountiella''
Rubio, Gofas & Rolán, 2019
* ''
Skenea''
Fleming, 1825 - type genus
* ''
Skeneoides''
Warén, 1992
* † ''
Spinobrookula''
Lozouet & Maestrati, 1982
* ''
Tasmocrossea''
Dell, 1952
* ''
Tholostoma''
Laseron, 1958
* ''
Zalipais''
Iredale, 1915
;Genera moved to other families:
* ''
Bathyxylophila'' B. A. Marshall, 1988: moved to family
Larocheidae Finlay, 1927
* ''
Conradia''
A. Adams, 1860: moved to the family
Crosseolidae Hickman, 2013
* ''
Crossea''
A. Adams, 1865: moved to the family
Crosseolidae Hickman, 2013
* ''
Crosseola
''Crosseola'' is a genus of minute sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conradiidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Crosseola'' include:
* '' Crosseola anodyna'' Rubio & Rolán, 2019
* '' Crosseola axial ...
''
Iredale, 1924: moved to the family
Crosseolidae Hickman, 2013
; Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Chunula''
Thiele, 1925: synonym of ''
Granigyra''
Dall, 1889
* ''Crosseia''
P. Fischer, 1885: synonym of ''
Crossea''
A. Adams, 1865
* ''Gottoina''
A. Adams, 1863: synonym of ''
Conradia''
A. Adams, 1860
* ''Helisalia''
Laseron, 1954: synonym of ''
Omalogyra''
Jeffreys, 1859
* ''Lapidicola''
Egorova, 1972: synonym of ''
Lissotesta''
Iredale, 1915
* ''Porcupinia''
Cossmann, 1900: synonym of ''
Cirsonella''
Angas, 1877
* ''Skeneia''
ic synonym of ''
Skenea''
Fleming, 1825
* ''Tharsiella''
Bush, 1897: synonym of ''
Cirsonella''
Angas, 1877
* ''Tharsis''
Jeffreys, 1883:synonym of ''
Cirsonella''
Angas, 1877
References
* Hickman, C.S. & McLean, J.H. (1990) ''Systematic revision and suprageneric classification of trochacean gastropods.''; Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series, 35, 1–169
* Warén, A. (1991) ''New and little known skeneimorph gastropods from the Mediterranean Sea and the adjacent Atlantic Ocean.'' Bollettino Malacologico, 27, 149–248.
External links
Seashells of New South Wales: Family Skeneidae
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