''Arene echinacantha'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Areneidae
Areneidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Areneidae McLean, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.p ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Arene echinacantha'' (Melvill & Standen, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599409 on 2012-12-31]
Description
The shell can grow to be 8 mm in length.
Distribution
''Arene echinacantha'' can be found in the
Red Sea and the
Northwest Indian Ocean.
References
External links
World Register of Marine Species
Areneidae
Gastropods described in 1903
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