Arene is a genus of small sea snails that have a calcareous operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Areneidae.Bouchet, P. (2013). Arene H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413481 on 2014-01-23
Taxonomy 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 was provisionally placed within the superfamily Angarioidea, according to Williams et al. (2008). It now belongs to the superfamily Trochoidea.
Characteristics (Original description) The shell is radially patterned with red pigmentation. The whorls are muricated (sculpted with sharp, pointed processes or scales). The body whorl is either stellate (star-like) at the periphery or possesses a strong peripheral keel and angulation. The peristome (the edge of the aperture) is characterized by one or more varixes (thickened ridges), rendering it more or less varicose.
Species Species within the genus Arene include:
Arene adusta McLean, 1970 Arene alta Rubio & Rolán, 2018 Arene bairdii (W. H. Dall, 1889) Arene balboai (Strong & Hertlein, 1939) Arene bitleri Olsson & McGinty, 1958 Arene boucheti Leal, 1991 Arene brasiliana (W. H. Dall, 1927) Arene briarea (W. H. Dall, 1881) Arene carinata Carpenter, 1857 Arene centrifuga (W. H. Dall, 1896) Arene cruentata (Mühlfeld, 1824) Arene curacoana Pilsbry, 1934 Arene descensa Rubio & Rolán, 2018 Arene echinacantha (Melvill & Standen, 1903) Arene echinata McLean, 1970 Arene ferruginosa J. H. McLean, 1970 Arene flexispina Leal & Coelho, 1985 Arene fricki Crosse, 1865 Arene guttata McLean, 1970 Arene guyanensis Rubio & Rolán, 2018 Arene hindsiana Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 † Arene jakobseni Hansen, 2019 Arene laguairana Weisbord, 1962 Arene lurida (W. H. Dall, 1913) Arene lychee Cavallari & Simone, 2018 † Arene metaltilana Ladd, 1966 Arene microforis (W. H. Dall, 1889) Arene miniata (W. H. Dall, 1889) Arene notialis Marini, 1975 Arene olivacea (W. H. Dall, 1918) Arene pulex Faber, 2009 Arene riisei Rehder, 1943 Arene socorroensis (Strong, 1934) Arene stellata J. H. McLean, 1970 † Arene stephensoni Schremp, 1981 (synonym: Liotia (Arene) machapoorieensis Mansfield, 1925) Arene tamsii (Philippi, 1852) Arene tricarinata (Stearns, 1872) Arene variabilis (W. H. Dall, 1889) Arene venusta (Woodring, 1928) Arene venustula Aguayo & Rehder, 1936
Other species include: Arene californica (W. H. Dall, 1908): synonym of Macrarene californica (W. H. Dall, 1908) Arene coronadensis (Stohler, 1959): synonym of Macrarene cookeana (Dall, 1918) Arene diegensis J. H. McLean, 1964 Arene farallonensis (A. G. Smith, 1952): synonym of Macrarene farallonensis (A. G. Smith, 1952) Arene lepidotera (J. H. Mclean, 1970): synonym of Macrarene lepidotera J. H. McLean, 1970 Arene pacis (Dall, 1908): synonym of Macrarene californica californica (Dall, 1908)
Synonyms Arene lucasensis (A. M. Strong, 1934) : synonym of Haplocochlias lucasensis (A. M. Strong, 1934) Arene tamsiana [sic] : synonym of Arene tamsii (R. A. Philippi, 1852) (misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling) Arene vanhyningi Rehder, 1943 : synonym of Arene cruentata (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824) Arene winslowae Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 : synonym of Arene olivacea (Dall, 1918) (junior subjective synonym)
References
Further reading Olsson, A. A.; Harbison, A. (1953). Pliocene Mollusca of southern Florida with special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 8: 1-457, pls 1-65.