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Skenea profunda

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Skenea profunda
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. profunda
Binomial name
Skenea profunda
Friele, 1879
Synonyms
  • Cyclostrema profundum Friele, 1879
  • Lissospira profunda (Friele, 1879)

Skenea profunda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

A marine nematode Endeolophos skeneae (family Chromadoridae) is epibiotically associated with Skenea profunda[2]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs in northern European waters off Spitzbergen.

References

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  1. ^ Skenea profunda Friele, 1879. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  2. ^ Endeolophos skeneae sp nov (Chromadoridae)-a free-living marine nematode epibiotically associated with deep-sea gastropod Skenea profunda (Skeneidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2011;91(2 Sp. Iss.):387–394.
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