Skenea basistriata

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| taxon = Skenea basistriata

| image = Skenea basistriata 001.jpg

| image_caption = Drawing with wo views of a shell of Skenea basistriata

| authority =(Jeffreys, 1877)

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  • 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

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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