Skenea areolata
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Skenea areolata
| image = Skenea areolata 001.jpg
| image_caption = Drawing with three views of a shell of Skenea areolata
| authority =(Sars, 1878)
| synonyms = Cyclostrema areolata Sars, 1878
}}
Skenea areolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.{{WRMS species|141518|Skenea areolata (Sars, 1878)||21 April 2010}}
Description
The size of the shell attains 2 mm. The solid, semipellucid, white shell is widely, perspectively umbilicated. It is finely spirally lirate, crossed by close incremental stripe. The three whorls are convex, and moderately increasing in size. The aperture is orbicular. The peristome is thin.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77914 G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Iceland and arctic Norway.
References
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- Sars G. O., 1878: Bidrag til kundskaben om Norges arktiske fauna: 1. Mollusca regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske region forekommende bloddyr; Christiania, A.W. Brøgger XV + 466 p., 34 pl
External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=9|id=47619|title=Skenea areolata|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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