Benthodaphne

Benthodaphne is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae,.[1]

Benthodaphne
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Benthodaphne
Oyama, 1962
Type species
Pleurotama (Bela ?) glabra Yokoyama, 1920
Species

See text

Description

The shell is rather small and resembles Antiplanes or Spirotropis, except for the growth lines. The rather flat whorls are smooth save fine growth lines such as in Daphnella.[2]

Distribution

This marine genus is found off Japan.

Species

  • Benthodaphne yukiae (Shikama, 1962) (considered provisionally as a synonym of Antiplanes yukiae) [3]

References

  • Taylor, J.D., Kantor, Y.I. & Sysoev, A.V. (1993). Foregut anatomy, feeding mechanisms, relationships and classification of the Conoidea (=Toxoglossa) (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology. 59 : 125-170
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