Benthastelena kanakorum

Benthastelena kanakorum
	Shell of Benthastelena kanakorum (specimen aty MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Calliostomatidae
Genus:	Benthastelena
Species:	B. kanakorum
Binomial name
	Benthastelena kanakorum; (B. A. Marshall, 2001)
Synonyms
	Benthastelena coronata (B. A. Marshall, 1995); Calliostoma (Benthastelena) coronatum B. A. Marshall, 1995; Calliostoma (Benthastelena) kanakorum B. A. Marshall, 2001; Calliostoma coronatum B. A. Marshall, 1995; Calliostoma kanakorum B. A. Marshall, 2001;

Benthastelena kanakorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase (2018). Benthastelena kanakorum (B. A. Marshall, 2001). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=890498 on 2018-12-28

Vilvens, C., 2009. New species and new records of Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia and Solomon Islands. Novapex 10(4): 125-163

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