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Benthastelena diademata

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Species of gastropod

Benthastelena diademata
Shell of Benthastelena diademata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Benthastelena
Species: B. diademata
Binomial name
Benthastelena diademata
(B. A. Marshall, 1995)
Synonyms

Calliostoma diadematum B. A. Marshall, 1995

Benthastelena diademata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.

Distribution

This marine species occurs on the Lord Howe Rise in the Coral Sea.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Benthastelena diademata (B. A. Marshall, 1995). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=880992 on 2018-12-28
  • Marshall, B.A., 1995. Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, and the northern Lord Howe Rise. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 167: 381-458
Taxon identifiers
Benthastelena diademata


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