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.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Benimakia |
| Species: | B. rubens
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| Binomial name | |
| Benimakia rubens (Lamarck, 1822)
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Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 25 mm
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Benimakia rubens (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1437717 on 2021-12-26
- 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
edit- 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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