Skenea basistriata

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

Skenea basistriata
Drawing with wo views of a shell of Skenea basistriata
Scientific classification
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[1]
  • 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

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