Skenea areolata
| Skenea areolata | |
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| Drawing with three views of a shell of Skenea areolata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Skenea |
| Species: | S. areolata
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| Binomial name | |
| Skenea areolata (Sars, 1878)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cyclostrema areolata Sars, 1878 | |
Skenea areolata is a
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
peristome is thin.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Iceland and arctic Norway.
References
- ^ a b Skenea areolata (Sars, 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- 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
- "Skenea areolata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.