Skenea basistriata

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[1]

* 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.[1]

## Description

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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.[2]

## Distribution

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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

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1. ^ a b Skenea basistriata (Jeffreys, 1877). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 September 2012.
2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Cyclostrema basistriata)

* 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

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* "Lissospira basistriata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 September 2012.

Taxon identifiers

Skenea basistriata|

* Wikidata: Q3202946
* CoL: 6YSG6
* EoL: 3027824
* EUNIS: 61519
* GBIF: 4358382
* iNaturalist: 1213544
* IRMNG: 11338314
* NBN: NHMSYS0020498918
* OBIS: 141519
* Open Tree of Life: 2917027
* SeaLifeBase: 139595
* WoRMS: 141519