Benthoxystus
Appearance
Benthoxystus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Trophoninae |
Genus: | Benthoxystus Iredale, 1929 |
Type species | |
Trophon columnarius Hedley & May, 1908
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Benthoxystus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Benthoxystus include:
- Benthoxystus columnarius (Hedley & May, 1908)[2]
- Benthoxystus petterdi (Brazier in Crosse, 1870)[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Benthoxystus Iredale, 1929. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Benthoxystus columnarius (Hedley & May, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Benthoxystus petterdi (Brazier in Crosse, 1870). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.