Aeneator benthicolus is a species of large sea snail, a whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tudiclidae.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Tudiclidae |
| Genus: | Aeneator |
| Species: | A. benthicolus
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| Aeneator benthicolus Dell, 1963
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 83 mm, its diameter 40 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island to Bay of Plenty
References
edit- ^ Kantor, Yuri I.; Fedosov, Alexander E.; Kosyan, Alisa R.; Puillandre, Nicolas; Sorokin, Pavel A.; Kano, Yasunori; Clark, Roger; Bouchet, Philippe (2022). "Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194 (3): 789–857. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2013). Aeneator benthicolus Dell, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598720 on 2013-09-29
- Dell, R.K. 1963 Archibenthal Mollusca from northern New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 3(6)
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
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