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Skenea ferruginea

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Species of gastropod

Skenea ferruginea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Skenea
Species: S. ferruginea
Binomial name
Skenea ferruginea
Warén, 1991

Skenea ferruginea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.

Description

The size of the shell attains 1.7 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2013)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northern Atlantic Ocean off Greenland and Iceland at depths between 156 m and 900 m.

References

  1. Skenea ferruginea Warén, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  • Warén, A. 1991. New and little known Mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia. Sarsia 76: 53–124
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
Taxon identifiers
Skenea ferruginea


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