Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Scientific name Skenea areolata | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Skeneidae Rank Species | |
Skenea areolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Contents
Description
The size of the shell attains 2 mm. The solid, semipellucid, white shell is widely, perspectively umbilicated. It is finely spirally lirate, crossed by close incremental stripe. The three whorls are convex,and moderately increasing in size. The aperture is orbicular. The peristome is thin.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Iceland and arctic Norway.
References
Skenea areolata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA