Skenella umbilicata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cingulopsidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cingulopsidae |
| Genus: | Skenella |
| Species: | S. umbilicata
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| Skenella umbilicata Ponder, 1983
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Skenella (Skenella) umbilicata Ponder, 1983 | |
Distribution edit
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Description edit
Habitat edit
Minimum recorded depth is 4 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 10 m.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b Skenella umbilicata Ponder, 1983. WoRMS (2009). Skenella umbilicata Ponder, 1983. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197450 on 19 August 2012 .
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- Ponder, W. F. (1983) Rissoaform gastropods from the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic: the Eatoniellidae, Rissoidae, Barleeidae, Cingulopsidae, Orbitestellidae and Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, with a review of the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic (excluding southern South America and the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands) species. British Antarctic Survey, Scientific Reports 108: 1–96
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