Skenea nilarum

Skenea nilarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Skenea
Species: S. nilarum
Binomial name
Skenea nilarum
Engl, 1996

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

Description

The size of the shell attains 0.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.

References

  1. Skenea nilarum Engl, 1996.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.


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