Aristofusus benjamini

Aristofusus benjamini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Aristofusus
Species:	A. benjamini
Binomial name
Aristofusus benjamini (Hadorn, 1997)
Synonyms
Fusinus benjaminiHadorn, 1997 (original combination)

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Barbados, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia and French Guiana.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aristofusus benjamini (Hadorn, 1997). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318057 on 2020-11-29

• Hadorn R. (1997). Fusinus benjamini n. sp. (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae). La Conchiglia. 29(282): 10-15
• Vermeij G.J. & Snyder M.A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 82(4-6): 57-82

External links

• Lyons W.G. & Snyder M.A. (2019). Fasciolariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) of French Guiana and nearby regions, with descriptions of two new species and comments on marine zoogeography of northeastern South America. Zootaxa. 4585(2): 239-268.