Arene (gastropod)
| Arene | |
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| Shell and operculum of Arene cruentata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Areneidae |
| Genus: | Arene Adams, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Turbo cruentatus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Arene is a genus of small sea snails that have a calcareous operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Areneidae.
The genus Arene (and also the genus Cinysca) are placed within the family Areneidae, although Areneidae was not officially described as a taxon name. Areneidae is provisionally placed within the superfamily Angarioidea, according to Williams et al. (2008)