Skenella paludinoides (E. A. Smith, 1902 )

Zettler, Michael L. & Bick, Andreas, 2025, Molluscs from a shallow bay of King George Island (Antarctica, South Shetland Islands): An annotated checklist with new distributional records, Zootaxa 5631 (3), pp. 401-450 : 427

31. Skenella paludinoides (E. A. Smith, 1902) [ Figs 13A–D ]

Eatoniella paludinoides E. A. Smith, 1902: 205 , pl. 24, fig. 18

Material examined. • 8 spms, Stn. 4; • 1 spm, Stn. 7; • 8 spms, Stn. 10.

Type locality. Cape Adare (Ross Sea), 15 m depth.

Bathymetric distribution. 0–60 m.

Substrate. Hard and soft bottoms.

Geographical distribution. ANTARCTICA: Circum-Antarctic. SUBANTARCTICA: -. SCOTIA ARC: South Shetland Islands. SOUTH AMERICA: -.

Remarks. We have found this species in depths between the intertidal zone and 60 m. The species is already known from Maxwell and Admiralty Bays.

References. Thiele (1912), Ponder (1983), Arnaud et al. (1986), Dell (1990), Rauschert (1991), Engl (2012), Bick & Arlt (2013).

Figures

FIGURE 13. A–D: Skenella paludinoides (E. A. Smith, 1902); E–G: Skenella umbilicata Ponder, 1983; H–K: Eatoniella caliginosa (E. A. Smith, 1875); L–O: Eatoniella kerguelenensis (E. A. Smith, 1875). Unless otherwise indicated, the scale is always 1 mm.