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Skeneoides formosissima
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Skeneoides
Species:	S. formosissima
Binomial name
Skeneoides formosissima (Brugnone, 1873)
Synonyms
Circulus formosissimus Brugnone, G., 1873 Circulus jeffreysii Monterosato 1872 Skeneoides jeffreysii (Monterosato, 1872)

Skeneoides formosissima is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.

Circulus jeffreysii Monterosato 1872 is the original description by Monterosato, but it is a nomen nudum, although used as valid by Anders Warén, 1992 as a valid taxon.

Description

The size of the shell attains 1 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily and Croatia.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Skeneoides formosissima (Brugnone, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1548759 on 2021-11-16
2. Warén A., 1992: New and little known "Skeneimorph" gastropods from the Mediterranean Sea and the adjacent Atlantic Ocean; Bollettino Malacologico 27(10–12): 149–248

• 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

External links

• Brugnone G. A. (1873). Miscellanea malachologica. Pars prima. Palermo, Michele Amenta, 15 pp. + 1 pl
• Monterosato, T. A. di. (1872). Notizie intorno alle conchiglie mediterranee. Michele Amenta, Palermo, 61 pp.
• Nofroni, I. & Renda, W. (2021). Reestablishment of the name Skeneoides formosissima (Brugnone, 1973

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