Skenea

<i>Skenea</i>

Skenea

Genus of gastropods


Skenea is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.[2]

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This genus is type genus for the family Skeneidae. It has been used as a general receptacle for species that are probably unrelated to the type species Helix serpuloides Montagu, 1808, such as Skenea divae Carrozza & Van Aartsen, 2001 and Skenea nilarum Engl, 1996.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Skenea include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Skenea alderi Jeffreys, J.G., 1865: synonym of Dikoleps nitens (Philippi, 1844)
  • Skenea bujnitzkii (Gorbunov, 1946): synonym of Lissospira bujnitzkii (Gorbunov, 1946)
  • Skenea cornuella A. Adams, 1860: synonym of Tubiola cornuella (A. Adams, 1860)
  • Skenea cutleriana Clark, 1849: synonym of Dikoleps cutleriana (Clark, 1848)
  • Skenea divisa Forbes & Hanley 1853: synonym of Skenea serpuloides (Montagu, 1808)
  • Skenea exilissima (Philippi 1844): synonym of Skeneoides exilissima (Philippi 1844)
  • Skenea forbesi Nordsieck 1982: synonym of Dikoleps nitens (Philippi, 1844)
  • Skenea gouldii Philippi, 1853: synonym of Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius, 1780)
  • Skenea helicina Monterosato 1874: synonym of Xenoskenea pellucida (Monterosato 1874)
  • Skenea hyalina Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius, 1780)
  • Skenea laevigata Jeffreys, 1876: synonym of Skenea trochoides (Friele, 1876)
  • Skenea laevis Forbes & Hanley 1856: synonym of Dikoleps nitens (Philippi 1844)
  • Skenea liratus A. E. Verrill, 1882: synonym of Circulus liratus (A. E. Verrill, 1882)
  • Skenea maculata Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius, 1780)
  • Skenea mutabilis Costa, O.G., 1861: synonym of Dikoleps nitens (Philippi, 1844)
  • Skenea nitens (Philippi, 1844): synonym of Dikoleps pusilla (Jeffreys, 1847)
  • Skenea nitidissima Forbes & Hanley 1853: synonym of Omalogyra atomus (Philippi 1841)
  • Skenea pellucida Monterosato 1874: synonym of Xenoskenea pellucida (Monterosato 1874)
  • Skenea pellucidoides Nordsieck 1982: synonym of Xenoskenea pellucida (Monterosato 1874)
  • Skenea petitii P. Fischer, 1857: synonym of Solariorbis petitii (P. Fischer, 1857)
  • Skenea planorbis Fabricius, 1780: synonym of Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius, 1780)
  • Skenea rota Forbes & Hanley, 1850: synonym of Ammonicera rota (Forbes & Hanley, 1850)
  • Skenea serpuloides auct. non Montagu, 1808: synonym of Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius, 1780)
  • Skenea subcanaliculata E.A. Smith, 1875: synonym of Microdiscula subcanaliculata (E.A. Smith, 1875)
  • Skenea sulcata Simpson, 1887: synonym of Cyclostremiscus beauii (P. Fischer, 1857)
  • Skenea tricarinata Webster, 1856: synonym of Ammonicera rota (Forbes & Hanley, 1850)
  • Skenea trilix Bush, 1885: synonym of Cyclostremiscus trilix (Bush, 1885)
  • Skenea trochiformis Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius, 1780)

References

  1. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1847, p. 152
  2. Skenea Fleming, 1825. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2012.
  3. Romani, Bogi & Bartolini (2015), A new Skenea species from Mediterranean Sea, with notes on Skenea serpuloides (Montagu, 1808) (Gastropoda, Vetigastropoda, Skeneidae); Iberus, 33 (2): 159-165, 2015
  4. Skenea nilarum Engl, 1996. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • 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

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