Dentarene

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dentarene is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.[2]

Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Subclass:Vetigastropoda
Order:Trochida
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Dentarene
Shell of Dentarene sarcina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Dentarene
Iredale, 1929 [1]
Type species
Dentarene sarcina Iredale, 1929
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Description

The special characteristics of this genus are [3]

  • a white shell
  • a strongly varicose lip
  • the umbilical ridge becomes a twisted appendage of the columellar region of the inner lip
  • there is almost no axial sculpture, or it becomes interrupted except between the two peripheral keels.

Distribution

The species of this genus occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific.

Species

Species within the genus Dentarene include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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