Philorene

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = | image_caption = | taxon = Philorene | authority = Oliver, 1915 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = | type_species = Philorene texturata | type_species_authority = Oliver, W.R.B., 1915

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

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.

Species

Species within the genus Philorene include:

References

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Philorene'' Oliver, 1915. Accessed through: [[World Register of Marine Species]] at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598334 on 2012-09-01
  2. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3343767#page/549/mode/1up Oliver W.R.B. (1915) The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47 (1914), 509–568, pls. 9–12]

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