Philorene

Philorene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Skeneidae
Genus:Philorene
Oliver, 1915
Type species
Philorene texturata Oliver, W.R.B., 1915

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]

References

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