Skenea trochoides
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Skenea trochoides
| image = Skenea trochoides 001.jpg
| image_caption = Drawing with two views of a shell of Skenea trochoides
| authority = (Friele, 1876)
| synonyms =
- Cyclostrema laevigatum Friele, 1874
- Cyclostrema peterseni Friele 1877
- Cyclostrema trochoides Friele, 1874 (original combination)
- Ganesa laevigata (Friele, 1876)
- Moelleria laevigata Friele, 1876
- Skenea laevigata Jeffreys, 1876
- Tharsiella trochoides Friele, 1874
}}
Skenea trochoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.{{WRMS species|141532|Skenea trochoides (Friele, 1876)||21 April 2010}}
G.W. Tryon thought this species was a synonym of Cyclostrema peterseni Frielle, 1877 (now a synonym of Skenea peterseni (Friele, 1877))
Description
The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3 mm. The white shell is perforate, somewhat solid. It is opaque, smooth, and shining. The base of the shell contains sometimes a few faint oblique, curved lines;. The four whorls are convex and have a deep suture. The columellar lip is vertical, forming a slight angle with the outer lip at their junction.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77914 G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia] (described as Cyclostrema trochoides)
Distribution
This species occurs in Arctic Ocean and in the northern Atlantic Ocean off Greenland, the Faroes and Scandinavia at depths between 60 m and 160 m.
References
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- Friele H., 1876: Bidrag til Vestlandets Molluskfauna; Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania 1875: 57–64
- 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=8|id=21438|title=Skenea trochoides|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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