Macrarene

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title: "Macrarene" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["macrarene", "liotiidae", "gastropod-genera"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/macrarene" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrarene" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = | image_caption = | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Macrarene | authority = Hertlein & Strong, 1951 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = | type_species = Liotia californica | type_species_authority = Dall 1908

Macrarene is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.

Description

The white shells have a turbinate shape and a broad umbilicus. They are characterized by axial ribs and spiral cords, that form spines at their intersections. The lip is not thickened at maturity. It differs from the closely related genus Arene through its lack of shell pigments and in the spacing of the axial sculpture.

Species

Species within the genus Macrarene include:

• Macrarene californica (Dall, 1908)
• Macrarene cookeana (Dall, 1918)
• Macrarene coronadoensis Stohler, 1959
• Macrarene diegensis McLean 1964
• Macrarene digitata McLean, Absalao & Santos Cruz, 1988
• Macrarene farallonensis (A. G. Smith, 1952)
• Macrarene lepidotera McLean, 1970
• Macrarene spectabilospina Shasky, 1970

References

References

1. Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Macrarene'' Hertlein & Strong, 1951. Accessed through: [[World Register of Marine Species]] at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528079 on 2012-12-03
2. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8276933#page/121/mode/1up McLean et al. A new species of Macrareen from Brazil; The Nautilus 102 (3) 99-101, 1988]
3. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42431996#page/195/mode/1up McLean New species of recent and fossil West American aspidobranch gastropods; The Veliger v.7 # 2(1964-1965)]

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