Arene (gastropod)

Arene
Shell and operculum of Arene cruentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Areneidae
Genus:	Arene H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Type species
Turbo cruentatus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824
Species
See text
Synonyms [1]
Arene (Marevalvata)Olsson & Harbison, 1953 Liotia (Arene)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 MarevalvataOlsson & Harbison, 1953

Arene is a genus of small sea snails that have a calcareous operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Areneidae. ^[1]

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. ^[1] Areneidae was provisionally placed within the superfamily Angarioidea, according to Williams et al. (2008) ^[2] . It now belongs to the superfamily Trochoidea. ^[1]

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. ^[3]

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 ^[4]
• † 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) ^[5]
• 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: ^[6]

• Arene californica(W. H. Dall, 1908): ^[7] : 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) ^[7] : 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 vanhyningiRehder, 1943 : synonym of Arene cruentata(Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
• Arene winslowaePilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 : synonym of Arene olivacea(Dall, 1918) (junior subjective synonym)

References

1. 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
2. Williams, Suzanne T.; Karube, Satoshi; Ozawa, Tomowo (September 2008). "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". Zoologica Scripta. 37 (5): 483–506. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x.
3. Adams, H.; Adams, A. (1853–1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London: van Voorst. pp. 404–405. Retrieved 14 October 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
4. Cavallari, Daniel Caracanhas; Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes de (19 April 2018). "A new species of Arene (Vetigastropoda, Areneidae) from Canopus Bank, off NE Brazil". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 58: 23. doi: 10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.23 .
5. Schremp, Lee A. (1981). "Archeogastropoda from the Pliocene Imperial Formation of California". Journal of Paleontology. 55 (5): 1123–1136. JSTOR   1304538.
6. Cavallari, Daniel Caracanhas; Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes de (19 April 2018). "A new species of Arene (Vetigastropoda, Areneidae) from Canopus Bank, off NE Brazil". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 58: 23. doi: 10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.23 .
7. Dall, William Healey (October 1908). "The Mollusca and the Brachiopoda". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 43 (6): 203–654.

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.
• Williams, Suzanne T.; Karube, Satoshi; Ozawa, Tomowo (September 2008). "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". Zoologica Scripta. 37 (5): 483–506. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x.