Benthastelena is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]

Benthastelena
Shell of Benthastelena cristata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Benthastelena
Iredale, 1936
Type species
Benthastelena katherina
Iredale, 1936
Synonyms[1]

Calliostoma (Benthastelena) Iredale, 1936

Species

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Species within the genus Benthastelena include:[1]

The following species were brought into synonymy:[1]

  • Benthastelena coronata (B. A. Marshall, 1995): synonym of Benthastelena kanakorum (B. A. Marshall, 2001)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d MolluscaBase (2018). Benthastelena Iredale, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465579 on 2018-12-28
  2. ^ Marshall, B. A. (2016). New species of Venustatrochus Powell, 1951 from New Zealand, and new species of Falsimargarita Powell, 1951 and a new genus of the Calliostomatidae from the southwest Pacific, with comments on some other calliostomatid genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36: 119-141.
  • Marshall, B. A. (2016). New species of Venustatrochus Powell, 1951 from New Zealand, and new species of Falsimargarita Powell, 1951 and a new genus of the Calliostomatidae from the southwest Pacific, with comments on some other calliostomatid genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36: 119–141.
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