Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Order Seguenziida > Superfamily Seguenzioidea > Family Seguenzioidea incertae sedis > Genus Xyloskenea

Xyloskenea naticiformis (Jeffreys, 1883)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cithna A. Adams, 1863

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Xyloskenea*	B. A. Marshall, 1988	accepted genus name
*Xyloskenea naticiformis*	(Jeffreys, 1883)	taxonomically included in
*Xyloskenea translucens*	(Dall, 1927)	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Adeorbis umbilicatus*	Locard, 1898	synonym
*Cithna excavata*	Sykes, 1925	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Hoffman, L.; Gofas, S.; Freiwald, A. (2020). A large biodiversity of “skeneimorph” (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) species from the South Azorean Seamount Chain, with the description of seventeen new species. Iberus. 38 (supplement 9): 1-82.
additional source	Warén A. (1996). New and little known mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia. Part 3. Sarsia 81: 197-245
additional source	Rex, M.A; Bond, A.; Etter, R.J.; Rex, A.C.; Stuart, C.T. (2002). Geographic variation of shell geometry in the abyssal snail Xyloskenea naticiformis (Jeffreys, 1883). The Veliger. 45: 218-223.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xyloskenea naticiformis (Jeffreys, 1883). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141538