ARENEIDAE, Mclean, 2012

Mclean, James Hamilton, 2012, New species and genera of colloniids from Indo-Pacific coral reefs, with the definition of a new subfamily Liotipomatinae n. subfam. (Turbinoidea, Colloniidae), Zoosystema 34 (2), pp. 343-376 : 374

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2012n2a10
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6C26A814-FF9B-1470-DA0A-7B956E5FF3BB
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	ARENEIDAE
status	fam. nov.

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Family ARENEIDAE View in CoL n. fam.

“ Areneidae View in CoL ” McLean, 2001: 418 (nomen nudum, not validated).

TYPE GENUS. — Arene H. & A. Adams, 1854 (here designated).

DIAGNOSIS. — Shell with colour pattern; spiral sculpture stronger than axial sculpture, aperture usually tangential; base of aperture usually with denticles, final lip usually preceded by short phase of whorl expansion.

COMPARISONS. — The family Liotiidae differs in lacking a colour pattern, having stronger axial sculpture, having an aperture that is more radial than tangential, having a complete lack of apertural denticles, and usually having a thicker final lip.