Skenea
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Skenea is a genus
Genus
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 of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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 gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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 Turbinidae
Turbinidae
Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropods. Turbinidae have a strong, thick calcareous operculum readily distinguishing them from the somewhat similar Trochidae or top snails, which have a corneous operculum...

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Species

Species within the genus Skenea include:
  • Skenea areolata
    Skenea areolata
    Skenea areolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    (Sars, 1878)
  • Skenea basistriata
    Skenea basistriata
    Skenea basistriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    (Jeffreys, 1877)
  • Skenea catenoides
    Skenea catenoides
    Skenea catenoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    (Monterosato, 1877)
  • Skenea diaphana
    Skenea diaphana
    Skenea diaphana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
  • Skenea divae
    Skenea divae
    Skenea divae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    Carrozza & van Aartsen, 2001
  • Skenea ferruginea
    Skenea ferruginea
    Skenea ferruginea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    Warén, 1991
  • Skenea larseni
    Skenea larseni
    Skenea larseni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    Warén, 1993
  • Skenea nilarum
    Skenea nilarum
    Skenea nilarum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    Engl, 1996
  • Skenea olgae
    Skenea olgae
    Skenea olgae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
  • Skenea ossiansarsi
    Skenea ossiansarsi
    Skenea ossiansarsi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    Warén, 1991
  • Skenea pelagia
    Skenea pelagia
    Skenea pelagia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    Nofroni & Valenti, 1987
  • Skenea peterseni
    Skenea peterseni
    Skenea peterseni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    (Friele, 1877)
  • Skenea polita
    Skenea polita
    Skenea polita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    Warén, 1993
  • Skenea ponsonbyi
    Skenea ponsonbyi
    Skenea ponsonbyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
  • Skenea profunda
    Skenea profunda
    Skenea profunda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    Friele, 1879
  • Skenea rugulosa
    Skenea rugulosa
    Skenea rugulosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    (Sars, 1878)
  • Skenea serpuloides
    Skenea serpuloides
    Skenea serpuloides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    (Montagu, 1808)
  • Skenea trochoides
    Skenea trochoides
    Skenea trochoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    (Friele, 1876)
  • Skenea turgida
    Skenea turgida
    Skenea turgida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    (Odhner, 1912)
  • Skenea valvatoides
    Skenea valvatoides
    Skenea valvatoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    (Jeffreys, 1883)
  • Skenea victori
    Skenea victori
    Skenea victori is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009

Species brought into synonymy :
  • Skenea bujnitzkii (Gorbunov, 1946) : synonym of Lissospira bujnitzkii (Gorbunov, 1946)
  • Skenea cutleriana Clark, 1849: synonym of Dikoleps cutleriana
    Dikoleps cutleriana
    Dikoleps cutleriana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    (Clark, 1848)
  • Skenea laevigata Jeffreys, 1876 : synonym of Skenea trochoides (Friele, 1876)
  • Skenea nitens (Philippi, 1844) : synonym of Dikoleps pusilla
    Dikoleps pusilla
    Dikoleps pusilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

    (Jeffreys, 1847)

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