Skenea Explained

Skenea is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.

This genus is type genus for the family Skeneidae. It has been used as a general receptacle for species that are probably unrelated to the type species Helix serpuloides Montagu, 1808, such as Skenea divae Carrozza & Van Aartsen, 2001 and Skenea nilarum Engl, 1996.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Skenea include:

• Skenea areolata (Sars, 1878)
• Skenea basicarinata Hoffman, Gofas & Freiwald, 2020
• Skenea basistriata (Jeffreys, 1877)
• Skenea californica (Bartsch, 1907)
• Skenea carmelensis Smith & Gordon, 1948
• Skenea catenoides (Monterosato, 1877)
• Skenea concordia (Bartsch, 1920)
• Skenea coronadoensis (Arnold, 1903)
• Skenea costulata Sbrana & Siracusa, 2018
• † Skenea crassa Lozouet, 1999
• † Skenea dautzenbergi (Glibert, 1949)
• Skenea diaphana (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
• Skenea divae Carrozza & van Aartsen, 2001
• Skenea ferruginea Warén, 1991
• Skenea giemellorum Romani, Bogi & Bartolini, 2015
• Skenea inclinans (Barnard, 1963)
• † Skenea indubitabilis Lozouet, 1999
• Skenea larseni Warén, 1993
• † Skenea minuticostata Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2017
• † Skenea multicostellata Lozouet, 1999
• Skenea nilarum Engl, 1996
• Skenea olgae Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
• Skenea ossiansarsi Warén, 1991
• Skenea pelagia Nofroni & Valenti, 1987
• Skenea peterseni (Friele, 1877)
• Skenea polita Warén, 1993
• Skenea ponsonbyi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
• Skenea profunda Friele, 1879
• Skenea proxima (Tryon, 1888)
• Skenea rugulosa (Sars, 1878)
• † Skenea saga Lozouet, 1999
• † Skenea sanctistephani Lozouet, 1999
• Skenea serpuloides (Montagu, 1808)
• † Skenea subauriculata Lozouet, 1998
• Skenea trochoides (Friele, 1876)
• Skenea turgida (Odhner, 1912)
• Skenea valvatoides (Jeffreys, 1883)
• Skenea victori Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
• † Skenea wareni Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2017
• †Skenea wesselinghi D. F. Hoeksema & Simons, 2020

Species brought into synonymy:

• Skenea alderi Jeffreys, J.G., 1865: synonym of Dikoleps nitens (Philippi, 1844)
• Skenea bujnitzkii (Gorbunov, 1946): synonym of Lissospira bujnitzkii (Gorbunov, 1946)
• Skenea cornuella A. Adams, 1860: synonym of Tubiola cornuella (A. Adams, 1860)
• Skenea cutleriana Clark, 1849: synonym of Dikoleps cutleriana (Clark, 1848)
• Skenea divisa Forbes & Hanley 1853: synonym of Skenea serpuloides (Montagu, 1808)
• Skenea exilissima (Philippi 1844): synonym of Skeneoides exilissima (Philippi 1844)
• Skenea forbesi Nordsieck 1982: synonym of Dikoleps nitens (Philippi, 1844)
• Skenea gouldii Philippi, 1853: synonym of Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius, 1780)
• Skenea helicina Monterosato 1874: synonym of Xenoskenea pellucida (Monterosato 1874)
• Skenea hyalina Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius, 1780)
• Skenea laevigata Jeffreys, 1876: synonym of Skenea trochoides (Friele, 1876)
• Skenea laevis Forbes & Hanley 1856: synonym of Dikoleps nitens (Philippi 1844)
• Skenea liratus A. E. Verrill, 1882: synonym of Circulus liratus (A. E. Verrill, 1882)
• Skenea maculata Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius, 1780)
• Skenea mutabilis Costa, O.G., 1861: synonym of Dikoleps nitens (Philippi, 1844)
• Skenea nitens (Philippi, 1844): synonym of Dikoleps pusilla (Jeffreys, 1847)
• Skenea nitidissima Forbes & Hanley 1853: synonym of Omalogyra atomus (Philippi 1841)
• Skenea pellucida Monterosato 1874: synonym of Xenoskenea pellucida (Monterosato 1874)
• Skenea pellucidoides Nordsieck 1982: synonym of Xenoskenea pellucida (Monterosato 1874)
• Skenea petitii P. Fischer, 1857: synonym of Solariorbis petitii (P. Fischer, 1857)
• Skenea planorbis Fabricius, 1780: synonym of Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius, 1780)
• Skenea rota Forbes & Hanley, 1850: synonym of Ammonicera rota (Forbes & Hanley, 1850)
• Skenea serpuloides auct. non Montagu, 1808: synonym of Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius, 1780)
• Skenea subcanaliculata E.A. Smith, 1875: synonym of Microdiscula subcanaliculata (E.A. Smith, 1875)
• Skenea sulcata Simpson, 1887: synonym of Cyclostremiscus beauii (P. Fischer, 1857)
• Skenea tricarinata Webster, 1856: synonym of Ammonicera rota (Forbes & Hanley, 1850)
• Skenea trilix Bush, 1885: synonym of Cyclostremiscus trilix (Bush, 1885)
• Skenea trochiformis Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius, 1780)

References

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
• 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

• Fleming J. 1825. On the British testaceous annelids. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, 12(24): 238-248
• Gray J.E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219
• Tom Iredale, Some more misused molluscan generic names : Skenea; Journal of Molluscan Studies, 11:5, pp. 291-306; April 1915

Notes and References

1. Romani, Bogi & Bartolini (2015), A new Skenea species from Mediterranean Sea, with notes on Skenea serpuloides (Montagu, 1808) (Gastropoda, Vetigastropoda, Skeneidae); Iberus, 33 (2): 159-165, 2015