Benthoclionella jenneri

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Benthoclionella jenneri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Benthoclionella
Species:
B. jenneri
Binomial name
Benthoclionella jenneri
Kilburn, 1974

Benthoclionella jenneri, common name Jenner's turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. [1] [2]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 60 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off KwaZuluNatal, South Africa.

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References

  1. Benthoclionella jenneri Kilburn, 1974 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 April 2010.
  2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies . 77 (3): 273–308. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyr017 .

Bibliography

  • Kilburn, R.N. (1974) Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 22, 187–220
  • Kilburn, R.N. (1985). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26(2), 417–470.