Arene brasiliana

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Arene brasiliana
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Shell of Arene brasiliana (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Areneidae
Genus: Arene
Species:
A. brasiliana
Binomial name
Arene brasiliana
(Dall, 1927)
Synonyms

Liotia brasilianaDall, 1927

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

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Description

The shell can grow to be 7 mm in length. [2]

The species' small, solid, white shell features radiating rose-pink blotches and approximately four whorls, the earlier of which are subtabulate. The suture is closely appressed. The minute protoconch is smooth. Spiral sculpture consists of three prominent crenulated cords on the body whorl's periphery, with a smaller thread in the interspaces, and three or four minor threads between the suture and the posterior major cord. On the base, the deep, narrow umbilicus has a coarsely crenulate margin and four equal crenulate minor threads between it and the anterior peripheral cord. The aperture is circular with a thickened peristome, somewhat crenulated by the external sculpture. Very fine incremental lines give the interstices a velvety appearance. [3]

Distribution

Arene brasiliana can be found from Panama to North Brazil. [2] in climates of tropical to subtropical. The species is demersal, with a depth range from 10 to 81 meters at 9°N - 21°S, 82°E - 29°E. [4]

Life cycle

The species is a mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawner. The embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Arene brasiliana. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532406 on 2012-12-31
  2. 1 2 "Arene brasiliana". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  3. ↑ Dall, W.H. (1927). "Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross", in 1885 and 1886". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 70 (2667): 4. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.70-2667.1 . Retrieved 26 February 2025.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. 1 2 "Arene brasiliana". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
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