Dentarene sarcina

Dentarene sarcina
Shell of Dentarene sarcina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Dentarene
Species: D. sarcina
Binomial name
Dentarene sarcina
Iredale, 1929

Dentarene sarcina, common name the spiny wheel shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 13 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Western Pacific and off the Philippines and Japan.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Dentarene sarcina Iredale, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567266 on 2012-12-03
External identifiers for Dentarene sarcina
WoRMS 567266


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