Benimakia

Benimakia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Benimakia
Shell of Benimakia mariei (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Benimakia
Habe, 1958
Type species
Turbinella rhodostoma, Dunker, 1860

Species

Species within the genus Benimakia include:

  • Benimakia cloveri Snyder & Vermeij, 2008[2]
  • Benimakia delicata Vermeij & Snyder, 2003[3]
  • Benimakia fastigium (Reeve, 1847)
  • Benimakia flavida (A. Adams, 1855)
  • Benimakia lanceolata (Reeve, 1847)[4]
  • Benimakia mariei (Crosse, 1869)
  • Benimakia mirabilis Bozzetti, 2018
  • Benimakia nux Bouchet & Snyder, 2013
  • Benimakia rhodostoma (Dunker, 1860) [5]
  • Benimakia rosadoi (Bozzetti, 2002)
  • Benimakia rubens (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Benimakia rubus Bouchet & Snyder, 2013
  • Benimakia sowerbyi (Melvill, 1907)
  • Benimakia vermeiji Bouchet & Snyder, 2013
Species brought into synonymy

References
  1. Benimakia Habe, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 September 2010.
  2. Benimakia cloveri Snyder & Vermeij, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  3. Benimakia delicata Vermeij & Snyder, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  4. Benimakia lanceolata (Reeve, 1847). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  5. Benimakia rhodostoma (Dunker,1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2010.
  6. Benimakia marquesana (Adams, 1855). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  7. Benimakia nodata (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  8. Benimakia robillardi (Tapparone-Canefri, 1879). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  • Habe T. (1958). On the radulae of Japanese marine gastropods (4). Venus. 20(1): 43-60, pls 2-3.
  • Bouchet P. & Snyder M.A. (2013) New and old species of Benimakia (Neogastropoda: Fasciolariidae) and a description of Nodolatirus, new genus. Journal of Conchology 41(3): 331-341


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