Benthofascis otwayensis
Appearance
Benthofascis otwayensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conorbidae |
Genus: | Benthofascis |
Species: | B. otwayensis
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Binomial name | |
Benthofascis otwayensis (Long, 1981)
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Synonyms | |
Conorbis otwayensis Long, 1981 |
Benthofascis otwayensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conorbidae.[1]
Description
[edit]It was originally described as a subspecies of Benthofascis atractoides, but it is wider bodied and its geologic history extends to the Oligocene instead of the Miocene for B. atractoides.
Distribution
[edit]This extinct marine species is endemic to Oligocene of Victoria, Australia
References
[edit]- ^ Tucker, J. K.; Tenorio, M. J.; Stahlschmidt, P. (2011), "The genus Benthofascis (Gastropoda: Conoidea): A revision with descriptions of new species", Zootaxa, 2796: 1, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2796.1.1
- Long, D.C. (1981) Late Eocene and early Oligocene Turridae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata) of the Brown's Creek and Glen Aire Clays, Victoria, Australia. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 42, 15–55, pls. 4–7