Benthastelena is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]
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| Shell of Benthastelena cristata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Benthastelena Iredale, 1936 |
| Type species | |
| Benthastelena katherina Iredale, 1936
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Calliostoma (Benthastelena) Iredale, 1936 | |
Species edit
Species within the genus Benthastelena include:[1]
- Benthastelena cristata (B. A. Marshall, 1995)
- Benthastelena diademata (B. A. Marshall, 1995)
- Benthastelena kanakorum (B. A. Marshall, 2001)
- Benthastelena katherina Iredale, 1936
- † Benthastelena muta (Finlay, 1924)
- † Benthastelena susanae Maxwell, 1992
- † Benthastelena transenna (Suter, 1917)
The following species were brought into synonymy:[1]
- Benthastelena coronata (B. A. Marshall, 1995): synonym of Benthastelena kanakorum (B. A. Marshall, 2001)
References edit
- ^ a b c d MolluscaBase (2018). Benthastelena Iredale, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465579 on 2018-12-28
- ^ Marshall, B. A. (2016). New species of Venustatrochus Powell, 1951 from New Zealand, and new species of Falsimargarita Powell, 1951 and a new genus of the Calliostomatidae from the southwest Pacific, with comments on some other calliostomatid genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36: 119-141.
- Marshall, B. A. (2016). New species of Venustatrochus Powell, 1951 from New Zealand, and new species of Falsimargarita Powell, 1951 and a new genus of the Calliostomatidae from the southwest Pacific, with comments on some other calliostomatid genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36: 119–141.
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