Skenea rugulosa is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
| Skenea rugulosa | |
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| Drawing with two views of a shell of Skenea rugulosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Skenea |
| Species: | S. rugulosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Skenea rugulosa (Sars, 1878)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cyclostrema rugulosa Sars, 1878 | |
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 0.75 mm and 1.5 mm. The shell is narrowly umbilicated. It is pellucid, yellowish white. The short, obtuse spire is smooth, microscopically rugulose and spirally striate. It contains three convex whorls with the body whorl large. The suture is well-impressed.[2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in northern European waters off Iceland, the Faroes, southern Norway and in the Barents Sea.
References
edit- ^ a b Skenea rugulosa (Sars, 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Cyclostrema rugulosa)
- Sars G. O., 1878: Bidrag til kundskaben om Norges arktiske fauna: 1. Mollusca regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske region forekommende bloddyr Christiania, A.W. Brøgger XV + 466 p., 34 pl
- 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
edit- "Skenea rugulosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.