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Skenea carmelensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Skenea
Species:	S. carmelensis
Binomial name
Skenea carmelensis Smith & Gordon, 1948

Skenea carmelensis, common name the Carmel skenea, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.

Description

The height of the shell attains 1.3 mm, its diameter 1.7 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California, USA.

References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Skenea carmelensis Smith & Gordon, 1948. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580420 on 2012-09-01
2. Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. II edit. Van Nostrand, New York 663 p. + 24 pl:

• Smith & Gordon, The marine mollusks and brachiopods of Monterey Bay, California, and vicinity; Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series, v. 26 (1948)

External links

• World Register of Marine Species

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