Benimakia Explained

Benimakia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Species

Species within the genus Benimakia include:

• Benimakia cloveri Snyder & Vermeij, 2008
• Benimakia delicata Vermeij & Snyder, 2003
• Benimakia fastigium (Reeve, 1847)
• Benimakia flavida (A. Adams, 1855)
• Benimakia lanceolata (Reeve, 1847)
• Benimakia mariei (Crosse, 1869)
• Benimakia mirabilis Bozzetti, 2018
• Benimakia nux Bouchet & Snyder, 2013
• Benimakia rhodostoma (Dunker, 1860)
• Benimakia rosadoi (Bozzetti, 2002)
• Benimakia rubens (Lamarck, 1822)
• Benimakia rubus Bouchet & Snyder, 2013
• Benimakia sowerbyi (Melvill, 1907)
• Benimakia vermeiji Bouchet & Snyder, 2013

Species brought into synonymy:

• Benimakia marquesana (Adams, 1855): synonym of Peristernia marquesana (A. Adams, 1855)
• Benimakia nodata (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Nodolatirus nodatus (Gmelin, 1791)
• Benimakia ogum (Petuch, 1979): synonym of Pustulatirus ogum (Petuch, 1979)
• Benimakia robillardi (Tapparone-Canefri, 1879): synonym of Nodolatirus robillardi (Tapparone Canefri, 1879)

References

• Habe T. (1958). On the radulae of Japanese marine gastropods (4). Venus. 20(1): 43–60, pls 2–3.
• Bouchet P. & Snyder M.A. (2013) New and old species of Benimakia (Neogastropoda: Fasciolariidae) and a description of Nodolatirus, new genus. Journal of Conchology 41(3): 331-341