''Macrarene'' is a

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Liotiidae Liotiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Gofas, S. (2013). Liotiidae Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of ...

within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Macrarene'' Hertlein & Strong, 1951. Accessed through:

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528079 on 2012-12-03

Description

The white shells have a turbinate shape and a broad umbilicus. They are characterized by axial ribs and spiral cords, that form spines at their intersections. The lip is not thickened at maturity. It differs from the closely related genus ''

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'' through its lack of shell pigments and in the spacing of the axial

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Species

Species within the genus ''Macrarene'' include: * '' Macrarene californica'' (Dall, 1908) * '' Macrarene cookeana'' (Dall, 1918) * '' Macrarene coronadoensis'' Stohler, 1959 * '' Macrarene diegensis'' McLean 1964 McLean New species of recent and fossil West American aspidobranch gastropods; The Veliger v.7 # 2(1964-1965)
/ref> * '' Macrarene digitata'' McLean, Absalao & Santos Cruz, 1988 * '' Macrarene farallonensis'' (A. G. Smith, 1952) * '' Macrarene lepidotera'' McLean, 1970 * '' Macrarene spectabilospina'' Shasky, 1970

References

External links

To ITIS

To World Register of Marine Species
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3172300 Liotiidae Gastropod genera