Macrarene
Appearance
Macrarene | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Liotiidae |
Genus: | Macrarene Hertlein & Strong, 1951 |
Type species | |
Liotia californica Dall 1908
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Macrarene is a
mollusks in the family Liotiidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[1]
Description
The white shells have a turbinate shape and a broad
Species
Species within the genus Macrarene include:[1]
- Macrarene californica (Dall, 1908)
- Macrarene cookeana (Dall, 1918)
- Macrarene coronadoensis Stohler, 1959
- Macrarene diegensis McLean 1964 [3]
- Macrarene digitata McLean, Absalao & Santos Cruz, 1988
- Macrarene farallonensis (A. G. Smith, 1952)
- Macrarene lepidotera McLean, 1970
- Macrarene spectabilospina Shasky, 1970
References
- ^ a b 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
- ^ McLean et al. A new species of Macrareen from Brazil; The Nautilus 102 (3) 99-101, 1988
- ^ McLean New species of recent and fossil West American aspidobranch gastropods; The Veliger v.7 # 2(1964-1965)