Skenea catenoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
Description The size of the shell attains 1.1 mm. The shell is widely umbilicated, closely spirally striated throughout, with several spiral chain-like lines on the base. The whorls are convex, regularly increasing.G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Cyclostrema catenoides )
Distribution This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain, Portugal and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.
References
Monterosato T. A. (di), 1877 (maggio)a: Notizie sulle conchiglie della rada di Civitavecchia; Annali del Museo civico di Genova 9 (1876–1877): 407–428 Piani P. (1980). Catalogo dei Molluschi conchiferi viventi nel Mediterraneo. Bollettino Malacologico 16(5–6): 113–224 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
Oliverio, Marco (2006). Gastropoda Prosobranchia archeo, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana Ancey C.F. (1898). List of marine shells collected at Port Gueydon, Kabylia, with description of a new Cyclostrema. The Nautilus. 12: 52–57