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 <small>Snyder & Vermeij, 2008</small>
- Benimakia delicata <small>Vermeij & Snyder, 2003</small>
- Benimakia fastigium <small>(Reeve, 1847)</small>
- Benimakia flavida <small>(A. Adams, 1855)</small>
- Benimakia lanceolata <small>(Reeve, 1847)</small>
- Benimakia mariei <small>(Crosse, 1869)</small>
- Benimakia mirabilis <small>Bozzetti, 2018</small>
- Benimakia nux <small>Bouchet & Snyder, 2013</small>
- Benimakia rhodostoma <small>(Dunker, 1860)</small>
- Benimakia rosadoi <small>(Bozzetti, 2002)</small>
- Benimakia rubens <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>
- Benimakia rubus <small>Bouchet & Snyder, 2013</small>
- Benimakia sowerbyi <small>(Melvill, 1907)</small>
- Benimakia vermeiji <small>Bouchet & Snyder, 2013</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Benimakia marquesana <small>(Adams, 1855)</small>: synonym of Peristernia marquesana <small>(A. Adams, 1855)</small>
- Benimakia nodata <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>: synonym of Nodolatirus nodatus <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Benimakia ogum <small>(Petuch, 1979)</small>: synonym of Pustulatirus ogum <small>(Petuch, 1979)</small>
- Benimakia robillardi <small>(Tapparone-Canefri, 1879)</small>: synonym of Nodolatirus robillardi <small>(Tapparone Canefri, 1879)</small>
References
- Habe T. (1958). On the radulae of Japanese marine gastropods (4). Venus. 20(1): 43âÂÂ60, pls 2âÂÂ3.
- 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