Benthodaphne Explained

Benthodaphne is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae,.^[1]

Description

The shell is rather small and resembles Antiplanes or Spirotropis, except for the growth lines. The rather flat whorls are smooth save fine growth lines such as in Daphnella.^[2]

Distribution

This marine genus is found off Japan.

Species

• Benthodaphne yukiae (Shikama, 1962) (considered provisionally as a synonym of Antiplanes yukiae) ^[3]

References

• Taylor, J.D., Kantor, Y.I. & Sysoev, A.V. (1993). Foregut anatomy, feeding mechanisms, relationships and classification of the Conoidea (=Toxoglossa) (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology. 59 : 125-170

External links

• Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Benthodaphne Oyama, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578138 on 2018-04-30
2. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/prpsj1951/1962/46/1962_46_272/_pdf K. Oyama, Two new gastropod genera Nannoturritella and Benthodaphne from Japan; Trans. Proc. Palaeol. Soc. Japan, N.S. No. 46 p. 272 June 10 1962
3. http://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/memoir/download/47/4709.pdf Kazunori Hasegawa and Takashi Okutani, A Review of Bathyal Shell-bearing Gastropods in Sagami Bay; Mem. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, (47): 97–144, April 15, 2011