Benthoxystus petterdi

Benthoxystus petterdi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Benthoxystus petterdi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Trophoninae
Genus:
Benthoxystus
Species:
B. petterdi
Binomial name
Benthoxystus petterdi
(Brazier in Crosse, 1870)
Synonyms[1]

Trophon clathratus Tenison Woods, 1876
Trophon petterdi Brazier in Crosse, 1870

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tasmania, Australia.

References
  1. Benthoxystus petterdi (Brazier in Crosse, 1870). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Crosse, H., 1870. Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie 18: 301–304
  • Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Liste des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal (avec planches)(suite). Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 149–180


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