Skenea carmelensis

Skenea carmelensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Skenea
Species: S. carmelensis
Binomial name
Skenea carmelensis
Smith & Gordon, 1948

Skenea carmelensis, common name the Carmel skenea, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1][2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 1.3 mm, its diameter 1.7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California, USA.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Skenea carmelensis Smith & Gordon, 1948. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580420 on 2012-09-01
  2. Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. II edit. Van Nostrand, New York 663 p. + 24 pl:
External identifiers for Skenea carmelensis
WoRMS 580420


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