Arene balboai

Arene balboai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Areneidae
Genus:	Arene
Species:	A. balboai
Binomial name
	Arene balboai; (Strong & Hertlein, 1939)
Synonyms
	Liotia balboaiA. M. Strong & Hertlein, 1939

Last updated October 16, 2025

Arene balboai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Areneidae. ^[1]^[2]

Etymology

It is named after Nunez de Balboa.

Description

The shell can grow to be 3 mm to 4.5 mm in length.^[3]

Distribution

Arene Balboai can be found off of the Taboga Island and the Cocos Island.^[3]; also off Baja California, Mexico.

References

↑ Arene balboai (Strong & Hertlein, 1939) . 15 October 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
↑ Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
1 2 "Arene balboai". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 2020-05-13.

Strong, A. M. & Hertlein, L. G. (1939). Marine mollusks from Panama collected by the Allan Hancock Expedition to the Galapagos Islands, 1931-1932. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, University of Southern California Press, Los Angeles. 2(12): 177-245, pls 18-23.

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[WoRMS-1] Arene balboai (Strong & Hertlein, 1939) . 15 October 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

[2] Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.

[:0-3] 1 2 "Arene balboai". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 2020-05-13.

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