Skenea Fleming 1825 (snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Skeneidae

Parent taxon: Skeneinae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

See also Kiessling 2003, Lozouet 1998, Sepkoski 2002 and Wienrich 2001

Sister taxa: Aequispirella, Brookula, Cenomanella, Cirsonella, Crossea, Delphinoidea, Dolicrossea, Eudaronia, Haplocochlias, Leucorhynchia, Lissotesta, Lissotestella, Lophocochlias, Munditiella, Notosetia, Parviturbo, Skeneoides, Sloeudaronia, Solariorbis, Tiburnus, Tubiola

Subtaxa: Skenea pignus Skenea schuermanni Skenea serpuloides Skenea subauriculata

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Type: Helix serpuloides

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), United States (4: California, New York)

• Pliocene of Holy See (Vatican City State) (1)

• Miocene of Denmark (1), France (1), Germany (7), the Netherlands (2), Poland (1)

• Oligocene of France (1)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1), United States (13: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas)

Total: 33 collections including 34 occurrences

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