Biology:Philorene
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
| Philorene | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Mollusca |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Gastropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Vetigastropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Trochida |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Trochoidea |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Skeneidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Philorene Oliver, 1915 |
| Type species | |
| Philorene texturata Oliver, W.R.B., 1915
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Philorene is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.[1]
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]
- Philorene texturata Oliver, 1915
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
- ↑ 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
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7186146 entry
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