Dentarene loculosa

Dentarene loculosa is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.[1][2]

Dentarene loculosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Dentarene
Species:
D. loculosa
Binomial name
Dentarene loculosa
(Gould, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Liotina cycloma Tomlin, 1918
  • Liotia loculosa Gould, 1859 (original combination)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 14 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines.

References

  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Dentarene loculosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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