Skenea basistriata
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Skenea basistriata
| image = Skenea basistriata 001.jpg
| image_caption = Drawing with wo views of a shell of Skenea basistriata
| authority =(Jeffreys, 1877)
| synonyms =
- 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
}}
Skenea basistriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.{{WRMS species|141519|Skenea basistriata (Jeffreys, 1877)||12 September 2012}}
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.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77914 G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia] (described as Cyclostrema basistriata)
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
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- 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
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32631543#page/212/mode/1up 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
External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=4|id=5874|title=Lissospira basistriata|access-date=12 September 2012}}
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