Priene (gastropod)

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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| image = Priene NMR993000058046A.jpg

|image_caption= Shell of Priene scabrum

| taxon = Priene (gastropod)

| authority = H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858

| type_species= Murex anus Linnaeus, 1758

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| synonyms =

• Argobuccinum (Priene) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
• Lampusia (Priene) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
• Liohindsia Coen, 1947
• Tritonium (Priene) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (original rank)

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Priene is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.{{WRMS species|463498|Priene H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858|||WoRMS (2010). Priene H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463498 on 27 June 2010}}