Dentarene

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Dentarene sarcina 001.jpg | image_caption = Shell of Dentarene sarcina | taxon = Dentarene | authority = Iredale, 1929 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = | type_species= Dentarene sarcina Iredale, 1929

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

Description

The special characteristics of this genus are

  • 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:

References

References

  1. Iredale (1929), Mem. Queensland Mus. vol. 9, p.274
  2. {{WRMS species. 391522. ''Dentarene''. 22 August 2013
  3. Henry Pilsbry (1933), ''Notes on the Gastropod Genus ''Liotia'' and Its Allies''; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 85, (1933), pp. 375-381
  4. {{WRMS species. 396240. ''Dentarene rosadoi'' Bozzetti & Ferrario, 2005. 20 April 2010

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