Skenea basistriata

Skenea basistriata
	Drawing with wo views of a shell of Skenea basistriata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Skenea
Species:	S. basistriata
Binomial name
	Skenea basistriata; (Jeffreys, 1877)
Synonyms
	Cyclostrema affine A. E. Verrill, 1884; Cyclostrema basistriata Tryon, 1888; Cyclostrema basistriatum Jeffreys, 1877 (original description); Cyclostrema proximum Tryon, G.W., 1888; Cyclostrema willei Friele, H., 1886; Delphinoidea basistriata Jeffreys, 1877; Lissospira basistriata (Jeffreys, 1877); Skenea basistriata Fretter & Graham, 1977;

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 1.2 mm and 4 mm. The smooth, shining shell is narrowly umbilicated. It contains 4½ tumid whorls with a deep suture. These whorls are rapidly increasing in size. The base of the shell shows an oblique, arcuate stripe running into the umbilicus.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, and the Atlantic Boreal to Arctic region. It also has been found as a fossil in the Italian Pliocene.

References

^ ^a ^b Skenea basistriata (Jeffreys, 1877). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 September 2012.
^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Cyclostrema basistriata)

Jeffreys J. G., 1877: New and peculiar Mollusca of the Patellidae and other families of Gastropoda procured in the Valorous expedition; Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 19: 231–243
Iberus : revista de la Sociedad Española de Malacología v.9 (1990)
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

"Lissospira basistriata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 September 2012.

[WoRMS-1] Skenea basistriata (Jeffreys, 1877). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 September 2012.

[2] G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Cyclostrema basistriata)

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