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Dentarene

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Dentarene
Shell of Dentarene sarcina
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Dentarene

Iredale, 1929 [1]
Type species
Dentarene sarcina Iredale, 1929

Dentarene is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.[2]

Description

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The special characteristics of this genus are [3]

  • 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.

Distribution

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

Species

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Species within the genus Dentarene include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Iredale (1929), Mem. Queensland Mus. vol. 9, p.274
  2. ^ Dentarene. 22 August 2013. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  3. ^ Henry Pilsbry (1933), Notes on the Gastropod Genus Liotia and Its Allies; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 85, (1933), pp. 375-381
  4. ^ Dentarene rosadoi Bozzetti & Ferrario, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.