Philorene
Philorene is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.[1]
| Philorene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Philorene Oliver, 1915 |
| Type species | |
| Philorene texturata Oliver, W.R.B., 1915 | |
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.[2]
References
- 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
- 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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