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Bentosites

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Bentosites
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Hadrinae
Genus: Bentosites
Iredale, 1933
Type species
Helix macleayi Cox, 1865

Bentosites is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.[1]

Species

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Species brought into synonymy
  • Bentosites birchi Iredale, 1933: synonym of Bentosites gavisa Iredale, 1933 (junior synonym)
  • Bentosites blomfieldi (Cox, 1864): synonym of Sphaerospira blomfieldi (Cox, 1864) (superseded combination)

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Bentosites Iredale, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818132 on 2021-02-09
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