Biology:Benthoxystus

From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of gastropods

Benthoxystus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Trophoninae
Genus: Benthoxystus
Iredale, 1929
Type species
Trophon columnarius
Hedley & May, 1908

Benthoxystus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Benthoxystus include:

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4890424 entry