Arene (gastropod)
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Arene is a genus of small sea snails that have a calcareous operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Areneidae.[1]
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Arene | |
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Shell and operculum of Arene cruentata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Areneidae |
Genus: | Arene Adams, 1845 |
Type species | |
Turbo cruentatus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824 | |
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The genus Arene (and also the genus Cinysca) are placed within the family Areneidae, although Areneidae was not officially described as a taxon name.[1] Areneidae is provisionally placed within the superfamily Angarioidea, according to Williams et al. (2008)[2]