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
Clade: 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]

Species

Species within the genus Philorene include:[1]

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References
  1. 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
  2. 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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