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Skenea

Gastropoda - Skeneidae

Taxonomy
Skenea was named by Fleming (1825) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066 DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene-Recent.]. It is extant. Its type is Helix serpuloides. It is the type genus of Skeneadae.

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Fleming (1825); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Skeneadae by Clark (1851), Lozouet (1998), Wienrich (2001) and Kiessling (2003); and to Skeneinae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Skenea Fleming
1851Skenea Clark
1998Skenea Lozouet p. 70
2001Skenea Wienrich p. 397
2002Skena Sepkoski
2003Skenea Kiessling
2005Skenea Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familySkeneidae(Clark 1851)
genusSkeneaFleming 1825

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Skenea Fleming 1825
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Skenea pignus de Gregorio 1890
Skenea schuermanni Janse and Janssen 1983
Skenea serpuloides Montagu 1808
Skenea subauriculata Lozouet 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available