Dentarene

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Liotiidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Trochoidea Rank Genus

Similar Liotia, Liotina, Cyclostrema, Angaria, Vetigastropoda

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.

The species of this genus occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific.

Species within the genus Dentarene include:

Dentarene loculosa (Gould, 1859)

Dentarene munita Iredale, 1929

Dentarene rosadoi Bozzetti & Ferrario, 2005

Dentarene sarcina Iredale, 1929

Species brought into synonymy

Dentarene munitus [sic]: synonym of Dentarene munita Iredale, 1929

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