Benthofascis otwayensis

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Benthofascis otwayensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conorbidae
Genus: Benthofascis
Species:
B. otwayensis
Binomial name
Benthofascis otwayensis
(Long, 1981)
Synonyms

Conorbis otwayensisLong, 1981

Benthofascis otwayensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conorbidae. [1]

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Description

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

This extinct marine species is endemic to Oligocene of Victoria, Australia

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References

  1. 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