Arene guttata

Arene guttata
Shell of Arene guttata (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Areneidae
Genus: Arene
Species:
A. guttata
Binomial name
Arene guttata
McLean, 1970

Arene guttata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Areneidae. [1][2]

Description

The shell can grow to be 4 mm to 7.5 mm in length.[3]

Distribution

Arene guttata can be found off of the Galápagos Islands and the Cocos Island.[3]

References

  1. ^ Arene guttata J.H. McLean, 1970. 14 October 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
  3. ^ a b "Arene guttata". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  • McLean J.H. (1970). New species of Panamic gastropods. The Veliger. 12(3): 310-315, pl. 46. page(s): 311, pl. 46 figs 3-4


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