Philorene texturata

Philorene texturata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[2]

Philorene texturata
Original drawing of a shell of Philorene texturata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Philorene
Species:
P. texturata
Binomial name
Philorene texturata
Oliver, 1915[1]

Description

The diameter of the subdiscoidal, deeply umbilicate, white shell attains 2 mm. The spire is flat and contains three whorls. The body whorl is slightly descending and circular in section. Its upper portion is level with the periphery of the penultimate whorl. The aperture is circular. The peristome is continuous and is slightly above and below on the inner side. The suture is deep. The sculpture of the protoconch is smooth. There are regular transverse ridges on the base of the whorls round the umbilicus. The interior of the umbilicus shows spiral ridges terminating at the lower expansion of the inner lip. The whole surface of the shell shows close, regular, low spiral threads, ornamented with transverse lenticular beads.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Kermadec Islands.

References
  1. Oliver W.R.B. (1915) The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47, 509–568, pls. 9–12.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Philorene texturata Oliver, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598335 on 2012-09-01
  3. 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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