Skeneoides jeffreysii
| Skeneoides jeffreysii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Skeneoides |
| Species: | S. jeffreysii |
| Binomial name | |
| Skeneoides jeffreysii (Monterosato, 1872) | |
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Skeneoides jeffreysii is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Circulus jeffreysii Monterosato 1872 is the original description by Monterosato, but it is a nomen nudum, although used as valid by Anders Warén, 1992 [2] as a valid taxon.
Description
The size of the shell attains 1 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily and Croatia.
References
- ↑ Skeneoides jeffreysii (Monterosato, 1872). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- ↑ Warén A., 1992: New and little known "Skeneimorph" gastropods from the Mediterranean Sea and the adjacent Atlantic Ocean; Bollettino Malacologico 27(10-12): 149-248
- Monterosato T. A. (di), 1872: Notizie intorno alle conchiglie mediterranee; Palermo, Michele Amenta 61 p.
- 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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