Skenea ferruginea

Short description: Species of gastropod

Skenea ferruginea

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Vetigastropoda
Order:  | Trochida
Superfamily:  | Trochoidea
Family:  | Skeneidae
Genus:  | Skenea
Species:  |

S. ferruginea

Binomial name
Skenea ferruginea

Warén, 1991

Skenea ferruginea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

## Description

The size of the shell attains 1.7 mm.

## Distribution

This species occurs in the Northern Atlantic Ocean off Greenland and Iceland at depths between 156 m and 900 m.

## References

1. ↑ Skenea ferruginea Warén, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.

* Warén, A. 1991. New and little known Mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia. Sarsia 76: 53–124
* 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

Wikidata ☰ Q7534586 entry

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