Skeneoides formosissima is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Skeneoides |
| Species: | S. formosissima
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| Binomial name | |
| Skeneoides formosissima (Brugnone, 1873)
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Circulus jeffreysii Monterosato 1872 is the original description by Monterosato, but it is a nomen nudum, although used as valid by Anders Warén, 1992 [2] as a valid taxon.
Description
editThe size of the shell attains 1 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily and Croatia.
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ 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
edit- 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 [sic) instead of S. jeffreysii (Monterosato, 1872) nomen nudum (Gastropoda Vetigastropoda Skeneidae). Biodiversity Journal. 12(4): 841–846]