Benthastelena diademata
Appearance
Benthastelena diademata | |
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Shell of Benthastelena diademata (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Genus: | Benthastelena |
Species: | B. diademata
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Binomial name | |
Benthastelena diademata (B. A. Marshall, 1995)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Calliostoma diadematum B. A. Marshall, 1995 |
Benthastelena diademata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs on the Lord Howe Rise in the Coral Sea.
References
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- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Benthastelena diademata (B. A. Marshall, 1995). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=880992 on 2018-12-28
- Marshall, B.A., 1995. Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, and the northern Lord Howe Rise. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 167: 381-458