Xyloskenea

Genus of gastropods

Xyloskenea
Xyloskenea consors
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Xyloskenea
B.A. Marshall, 1988
Type species
Xyloskenea costulifera
Marshall, B.A., 1988

Xyloskenea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Xyloskenea include:

  • Xyloskenea consors B. A. Marshall, 1988
  • Xyloskenea costulifera B. A. Marshall, 1988
  • Xyloskenea depressa B. A. Marshall, 1988
  • Xyloskenea grahami B.A. Marshall, 1988
  • Xyloskenea naticiformis (Jeffreys, 1883)[2]
  • Xyloskenea rhyssa (Dall, 1927)
  • Xyloskenea translucens (Dall, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Xyloskenea xenos Hoffman, Van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2010: synonym of Trenchia xenos (Hoffman, Van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2010)

References

  1. ^ Xyloskenea Marshall, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2013.
  2. ^ Xyloskenea naticiformis (Jeffreys, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  • Marshall B.A. 1988. Skeneidae, Vitrinellidae and Orbitestellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) associated with biogenic substrata from bathyal depths off New Zealand and New South Wales. Journal of Natural History, 22(4): 949-1004
  • Kano Y., Chikyu, E. & Warén, A. (2009) Morphological, ecological and molecular characterization of the enigmatic planispiral snail genus Adeuomphalus (Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 75:397-418
  • 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
Taxon identifiers
Xyloskenea


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