Benimakia rubens (Lamarck 1822)

Benimakia rubens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.^[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 25 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.

References

• Herbert, D.G. (1994). "A note on Peristernia zealandica (Kobelt in Küster & Kobelt, 1876) (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae)" Journal of Conchology, Lond. 35: 125–129
• Snyder, M.A & Callomon, P. (2015). "Species named in Fasciolariidae by Tapparone-Canefri and their types (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 164(1): 37–41.