Philorene

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Philorene is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Subclass:Vetigastropoda
Order:Trochida
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Philorene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Philorene
Oliver, 1915
Type species
Philorene texturata
Oliver, W.R.B., 1915
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Description

The subdiscoidal shell is umbilicate. The spire is depressed. The whorls are rounded and the body whorl is descending. The aperture is circular. The peristome is continuous.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Philorene include:[1]

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