Skenea profunda
| Skenea profunda | |
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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. profunda
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| Binomial name | |
| Skenea profunda Friele, 1879
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| Synonyms | |
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Cyclostrema profundum Friele, 1879 | |
Skenea profunda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
A marine nematode Endeolophos skeneae (family Chromadoridae) is epibiotically associated with Skenea profunda [2]
Description
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Distribution
This marine species occurs in northern European waters off Spitzbergen.
References
- ^ Skenea profunda Friele, 1879. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- ^ Endeolophos skeneae sp nov (Chromadoridae)-a free-living marine nematode epibiotically associated with deep-sea gastropod Skenea profunda (Skeneidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2011;91(2 Sp. Iss.):387-394.
- Friele H., 1879: Catalog der auf der norwegischen Nordmeer-Expedition bei Spitzbergen gefundenen Mollusken; Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 6: 264-286
- 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