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Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius O., 1780) 
AphiaID: 141539

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Littorinoidea (Superfamily) > Skeneopsidae (Family) > Skeneopsis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Skeneopsis Iredale, 1915
Synonymised
taxa
  Skeneopsis planorbis var. trochiformis (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: 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 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Bromley, J.E.C., and J.S. Bleakney. 1984. Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report 24119. 366 p.  [details]

additional source: Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details]

additional source: Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]

additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details]

additional source: Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

from synonym: Gofas, Serge (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Seasearch Marine Surveys (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch gewone zeeposthoren  [details]
Dutch zeeposthoren  [details]
Dutch zeeposthorentje  [details]
English flat skenea  [details]
English planorb skenea  [details]
French skénée planorbe  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Variety Skeneopsis planorbis var. trochiformis accepted as Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius O., 1780)
Environment marine
Distribution Arctic Ocean [details]
Azores [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Cobscook Bay [details]
Deadmans Harbour [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Goote Bank [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Greens Point [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Indian Point [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Navy Island [details]
North East Atlantic [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Saint Croix [details]
South West Coast of Apulia [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Coast of Norway  [details]
Wimereux [details]
Links To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Dimensions: maximum size of 1 mm in diameter [details]

Distribution: Greenland to Florida; northern Europe [details]

Distribution: On all suitable British shores; absent from eastern shores of North Sea and from Baltic [details]

Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details]

Habitat: intertidal and infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Images 
Skeneopsis planorbis
Skeneopsis planorbis
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius O., 1780) Specimen from Calaburras, Málaga, Spain (actual size 1.2 mm).
Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius O., 1780)
Specimen from Calaburras, Málaga, Spain (actual size 1.2 mm).
added on 2013-02-14 - author: Gofas, Serge
qualitystatus: checked by Gofas, Serge on 2013-02-14 11:41:15
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141539
Taxonomic
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius O., 1780). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141539 on 2013-05-18
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