Skenea areolata explained

Skenea areolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.

Description

The size of the shell attains 2 mm. The solid, semipellucid, white shell is widely, perspectively umbilicated. It is finely spirally lirate, crossed by close incremental stripe. The three whorls are convex, and moderately increasing in size. The aperture is orbicular. The peristome is thin.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Iceland and arctic Norway.

References

Notes and References

  1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77914 G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia