Arene balboai
| Arene balboai | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Areneidae |
| Genus: | Arene |
| Species: | A. balboai
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| Binomial name | |
| Arene balboai (Strong & Hertlein, 1939)
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| Synonyms | |
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Liotia balboai A. M. Strong & Hertlein, 1939 | |
Arene balboai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Areneidae.[1][2]
Etymology
It is named after Nunez de Balboa.
Description
The shell can grow to be 3 mm to 4.5 mm in length.[3]
Distribution
Arene Balboai can be found off of the Taboga Island and the Cocos Island.;[3] also off Baja California, Mexico.
References
- ^ Arene balboai (Strong & Hertlein, 1939). 15 October 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
- ^ a b "Arene balboai". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
- Strong, A. M. & Hertlein, L. G. (1939). Marine mollusks from Panama collected by the Allan Hancock Expedition to the Galapagos Islands, 1931-1932. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, University of Southern California Press, Los Angeles. 2(12): 177-245, pls 18-23.
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