Biology:Skenea basistriata

Short description: Species of gastropod

Skenea basistriata
Drawing with wo views of a shell of Skenea basistriata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Skenea
Species:	S. basistriata
Binomial name
Skenea basistriata (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.

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.

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

• 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
• 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

• "Lissospira basistriata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_5874.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3202946 entry