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
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	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

• Benimakia marquesana (Adams, 1855):[6] synonym of Peristernia marquesana (A. Adams, 1855)
• Benimakia nodata (Gmelin, 1791):[7] synonym of Nodolatirus nodatus (Gmelin, 1791)
• Benimakia ogum (Petuch, 1979): synonym of Pustulatirus ogum (Petuch, 1979)
• Benimakia robillardi (Tapparone-Canefri, 1879):[8] synonym of Nodolatirus robillardi (Tapparone Canefri, 1879)

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