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Puperita bensoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Puperita |
| Species: | P. bensoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Puperita bensoni (Recluz, 1850)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nerita bensoni Récluz, 1850 | |
Description
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin.
References
edit- ^ a b Puperita bensoni (Recluz, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 July 2012.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 30