Skeneoides formosissima
Species of gastropod
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Skeneoides formosissima is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
| Skeneoides formosissima | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Skeneoides |
| Species: | S. formosissima |
| Binomial name | |
| Skeneoides formosissima (Brugnone, 1873) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.