Arene socorroensis

Arene socorroensis
Shell of Arene socorroensis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Areneidae
Genus:	Arene
Species:	A. socorroensis
Binomial name
Arene socorroensis (Strong, 1934)
Synonyms
Liotia socorroensisStrong, 1934

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 6 mm. The teleoconch contains 4 whorls, the protoconch about one whorl. The spiral cords are strong. The axial ribs are faint or absent. The body whorl contains about 8 unequal spiral cords.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Socorro Island in the intertidal zone.

References

1. Arene socorroensis (Strong, 1934) . 17 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.

External links

• Strong, A.M. (1934). "West American species of the genus Liotia". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 7 (37): 429–452. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
• Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)