[gastropod] Arene is a genus of small sea snails that have a calcareous operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Areneidae. The genus Arene (and also the genus Cinysca) are placed within the family Areneidae, although Areneidae was not officially described as a taxon name. Areneidae is provisionally placed within the superfamily A... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arene_(gastropod)
Any carbon compound containing a six membered ring of carbons, each of which forms only one chemical bond outside of the ring. This is called a phenyl ring, and though it looks like it has alternating single and double bonds, all the bonds are actually the same. Benzene is the simplest arene; other examples are toluene, fulvic acid, and trinitrotol... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20046