Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Scientific name Skenea diaphana | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Skeneidae Rank Species | |
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Skenea diaphana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
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Description
The size of the shell attains 2.5 mm. The thin shell is narrowly umbilicated. It has a depressed trochiform shape. It is translucent, white, smooth, and shining. The 3½ whorls are very convex with a deep suture. They are smooth, except twenty to twenty-five close spiral lines around the umbilical perforation.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Virginia, USA, to Brazil.
References
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