The family Skeneidae, originally characterized by their minute size, lack of nacre and a rhipidoglossate radula, is an example of a polyphyletic assemblage. Most ‘skeneimorph’ species are based on the shell, sometimes the radula and rarely features of

A new Mediterranean species of the genus Skenea (Gastropoda, Vetigastropoda, Skeneidae), Skenea giemellorum sp. nov., is described. It is assigned to this genus based on comparison of conchological characters with the type species, Skenea serpuloides,

Until recently the systematics of the Skeneidae (type species Skenea serpuloides Montagu, 1808) has been solely based on shell characters, radula details and external morphology. However, methodological progress ( e.g. SEM) and preliminary anatomical