Skenea valvatoides
Drawing of a shell of Skenea valvatoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Skenea
Species:
S. valvatoides
Binomial name
Skenea valvatoides
(Jeffreys, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Cyclostrema valvatoides Jeffreys, 1883 (original combination)
  • Moelleriopsis valvatoides (Jeffreys, 1883)

Skenea valvatoides is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The diameter of the shell attains 3.1 mm. The rather solid, yellowish white shell is narrowly umbilicated. it is opaque, glossy, with a few irregular growth lines. The spire has a rather flattened apex. The suture is deep. The four whorls are well-rounded. The peristome is considerably expanded.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean at bathyal depths off Portugal.

References

  1. ^ Skenea valvatoides (Jeffreys, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Cyclostrema valvatoides )


Categories