Dentarene
# Dentarene

Dentarene is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.

## Description

The special characteristics of this genus are

* a white shell
* a strongly varicose lip
* the umbilical ridge becomes a twisted appendage of the columellar region of the inner lip
* there is almost no axial sculpture, or it becomes interrupted except between the two peripheral keels.

## Distribution

The species of this genus occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific.

## Species

Species within the genus Dentarene include:

* Dentarene loculosa (Gould, 1859)
* Dentarene munita Iredale, 1929
* Dentarene rosadoi Bozzetti & Ferrario, 2005
* Dentarene sarcina Iredale, 1929

### Species brought into synonymy

* Dentarene munitus [sic]: synonym of Dentarene munita Iredale, 1929
