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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Benimakia
Habe, 1958
Type species
Turbinella rhodostoma, Dunker, 1860

Species edit

Species within the genus Benimakia include:

Species brought into synonymy

References edit

  • 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