Benimakia rubens

Benimakia rubens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Benimakia
Species:	B. rubens
Binomial name
Benimakia rubens (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
Fusus rubens Lamarck, 1822 (original combination) Peristernia kobeltiana Tapparone-Canefri, 1879 (unjustified replacement) Peristernia rubens (Lamarck, 1822) Peristernia zealandica (Küster & Kobelt, 1876) Turbinella zealandica Küster & Kobelt, 1876

Benimakia rubens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails, and their allies.

Description

The length of the shell attains 25 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding missing information. (March 2011)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.

References

• Herbert, D.G. (1994). "A note on Peristernia zealandica (Kobelt in Küster & Kobelt, 1876) (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae)" Journal of Conchology, Lond. 35: 125–129
• Snyder, M.A. & Callomon, P. (2015). "Species named in Fasciolariidae by Tapparone-Canefri and their types (Mollusca: Gastropoda)." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 164(1): 37–41.

External links

• Küster, H. C. & Kobelt, W. (1844-1876). Die geschwäntzen unbewehrten Purpurschnecken. Erste Hälfte: Turbinella und Fasciolaria. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Mollusca Gasteropoda: Purpuracea: Purpurschnecken; Dritte Abtheilung. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, ed.2
• Tapparone-Canefri, C. (1879). Museum Pauluccianum. Etudes malacologiques. Journal de Conchyliologie. 27(4): 316-327

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