Skenella georgiana
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Skenella georgiana Pfeffer, 1886
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Skenella (Skenella) georgiana Pfeffer, 1886 |
Skenella georgiana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cingulopsidae.[1]
Distribution
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Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 1.22 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 16 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 16 m.[2]
References
- ^ a b Skenella georgiana Pfeffer, 1886. WoRMS (2009). Skenella georgiana Pfeffer, 1886. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197448 on 19 August 2012 .
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- Ponder, W. F. (1983) Rissoaform gastropods from the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic: the Eatoniellidae, Rissoidae, Barleeidae, Cingulopsidae, Orbitestellidae and Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, with a review of the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic (excluding southern South America and the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands) species. British Antarctic Survey, Scientific Reports 108: 1–96
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