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Benthodaphne

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Benthodaphne
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

Description

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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

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This marine genus is found off Japan.

Species

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

References

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  • 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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