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]
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.
This extinct marine species is endemic to Oligocene of Victoria, Australia
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
|
Binomial name | |
Benthofascis otwayensis (Long, 1981)
| |
Synonyms | |
Conorbis otwayensis Long, 1981 |
Benthofascis otwayensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conorbidae. [1]
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.
This extinct marine species is endemic to Oligocene of Victoria, Australia