Benthodaphne is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae,.[1]
| Benthodaphne | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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Description edit
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 edit
This marine genus is found off Japan.
Species edit
- Benthodaphne yukiae (Shikama, 1962) (considered provisionally as a synonym of Antiplanes yukiae) [3]
References edit
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Benthodaphne Oyama, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578138 on 2018-04-30
- ^ K. Oyama, Two new gastropod genera Nannoturritella and Benthodaphne from Japan; Trans. Proc. Palaeol. Soc. Japan, N.S. No. 46 p. 272 June 10 1962
- ^ Kazunori Hasegawa and Takashi Okutani, A Review of Bathyal Shell-bearing Gastropods in Sagami Bay; Mem. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, (47): 97–144, April 15, 2011
- 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