Skeneoides exilissima

Species of gastropod

Skeneoides exilissima
Shell of Skeneoides exilissima (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Skeneoides
Species:
S. exilissima
Binomial name
Skeneoides exilissima
(Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Cyclostrema dautzenbergianum Ancey, 1898
  • Cyclostrema subalveolatum Fekih & Gougerot, 1974
  • Delphinula exilissima Philippi, 1844 (original combination)
  • Skenea exilissima (Philippi 1844)

Skeneoides exilissima is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell reaches up to 1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the western Mediterranean Sea off Algeria and Tunisia.

References

  1. ^ Skeneoides exilissima (Philippi, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  • 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
  • "Skeneoides exilissima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Philippi R. A., 1844: Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2; Eduard Anton, Halle [Halis Saxorum iv + 303 p., pl. 13–28]
  • Ancey, C. F. (1898). List of marine shells collected at Port Gueydon, Kabylia, with description of a new Cyclostrema. The Nautilus. 12(5): 52-57
  • Fekih M. & Gougerot L. ("1974" 1977). Liste commentée des gastéropodes testacés marins recueillis dans les dépots littoraux actuels du Golfe de Tunis. Bulletin de l'Institut National Scientifique et Technique d'Océanographie et de Pêche de Salammbo. 3 (1-4): 165-232
  • Nofroni, I. & Renda, W. (2021). Reestablishment of the name Skeneoides formosissima (Brugnone, 1973 [sic) instead of S. jeffreysii (Monterosato, 1872) nomen nudum (Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Skeneidae). Biodiversity Journal. 12(4): 841–846.]
  • Warén A. (1992). New and little known "Skeneimorph" gastropods from the Mediterranean Sea and the adjacent Atlantic Ocean. Bollettino Malacologico 27(10-12): 149-248,
Taxon identifiers
Skeneoides exilissima


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