Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Littorinoidea > Family Skeneopsidae > Genus Skeneopsis

Skeneopsis planorbis (O. Fabricius, 1780)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Skeneopsis*	Iredale, 1915	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Helix depressa*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Skenea planorbis*	(O. Fabricius, 1780)	synonym
*Skenea planorbis var. hyalina*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Skenea planorbis var. maculata*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Skenea planorbis var. trochiformis*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Skeneia trochiformis*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Turbo planorbis*	O. Fabricius, 1780	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: gewone zeeposthoren; zeeposthoren; zeeposthorentje sources: de Bruyne, R.H.; Bank, R.A.; Adema, J.P.H.M.; Perk, F.A. (1994). Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en Belgie: feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestig-jarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging [Dutch namelist of the Mollusca from the Netherlands and Belgium: festive edition at the occasion of the 60-year jubilee of the Dutch Malacological Society]. Backhuys Publishers: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-33-1. 149 pp.;Adema, J.P.H.M.; de Bruyne, R.H.; Perk, F.A. (1989). Preliminary name list of marine molluscs and shells, regularly washed ashore along the coasts of the Netherlands and Belgium [Voorlopige naamlijst van de mariene mollusken en de regelmatig langs de kust van Nederland en België aangespoelde schelpensoorten]. De Strandvlo 9(2): 49-59

English: flat skenea; planorb skenea sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: skénée planorbe sources: Bousfield, E. L. (1964). Coquillages des cotes canadiennes de l'Atlantique. Musée national du Canada. Ottawa. 89 p.

German: Gemeine Zwergtellerschnecke

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.
redescription	Gofas, S. (1982). Révision des Skeneopsis (Gastropoda, Rissoacea) Européennes et Nord-Africanes, avec description d'une espèce nouvelle. Bollettino Malacologico. 18 (9-12: 9-12.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Skeneopsis planorbis (O. Fabricius, 1780). 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:141539