Skenea

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Skenea catenoides 001.jpg

| image_caption = Different views of a shell of Skenea catenoides

| taxon = Skenea

| authority = Fleming, 1824 {{No-gastropod-genus-ref}}

| synonyms_ref = Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1847, p. 152

| synonyms = Delphinoidea T. Brown, 1827

| type_species = Helix serpuloides

| type_species_authority = Montagu, 1808

}}

Skenea is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.{{WRMS species|138508|Skenea Fleming, 1825||18 August 2012}}

This genus is type genus for the family Skeneidae. It has been used as a general receptacle for species that are probably unrelated to the type species Helix serpuloides Montagu, 1808, such as Skenea divae Carrozza & Van Aartsen, 2001 and Skenea nilarum Engl, 1996.Romani, Bogi & Bartolini (2015), A new Skenea species from Mediterranean Sea, with notes on Skenea serpuloides (Montagu, 1808) (Gastropoda, Vetigastropoda, Skeneidae); Iberus, 33 (2): 159-165, 2015

Species

Species within the genus Skenea include:

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;Species brought into synonymy:

References

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  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). {{ISBN|0-915826-22-4}}. XII, 195 pp.
  • 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