Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Scientific name Skenea rugulosa | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Skeneidae Rank Species | |
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Skenea rugulosa is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 0.75 mm and 1.5 mm. The shell is narrowly umbilicated. It is pellucid, yellowish white. The short, obtuse spire is smooth, microscopically rugulose and spirally striate. It contains three convex whorls with the body whorl large. The suture is well-impressed.
Distribution
This species occurs in northern European waters off Iceland, the Faroes, southern Norway and in the Barents Sea.
References
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