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.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
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