Skenea trochoides
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| Skenea trochoides | |
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| Drawing with two views of a shell of Skenea trochoides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Skenea |
| Species: | S. trochoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Skenea trochoides (Friele, 1876) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Skenea trochoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
G.W. Tryon thought this species was a synonym of Cyclostrema peterseni Frielle, 1877 (now a synonym of Skenea peterseni (Friele, 1877)) [2]
The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3 mm. The white shell is perforate, somewhat solid. It is opaque, smooth, and shining. The base of the shell contains sometimes a few faint oblique, curved lines;. The four whorls are convex and have a deep suture. The columellar lip is vertical, forming a slight angle with the outer lip at their junction.[2]