Benimakia rubens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Benimakia
Species:	B. rubens
Binomial name
Benimakia rubens (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
Fusus rubens Lamarck, 1822 (original combination) Peristernia kobeltiana Tapparone-Canefri, 1879 (unjustified replacement) Peristernia rubens (Lamarck, 1822) Peristernia zealandica (Küster & Kobelt, 1876) Turbinella zealandica Küster & Kobelt, 1876

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

The shell grows to a length of 25 mm

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.

• Herbert, D.G. (1994). "A note on Peristernia zealandica (Kobelt in Küster & Kobelt, 1876) (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae)" Journal of Conchology, Lond. 35: 125–129
• Snyder, M.A & Callomon, P. (2015). "Species named in Fasciolariidae by Tapparone-Canefri and their types (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 164(1): 37–41.

• Küster, H. C. & Kobelt, W. (1844-1876). Die geschwäntzen unbewehrten Purpurschnecken. Erste Hälfte: Turbinella und Fasciolaria. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Mollusca Gasteropoda: Purpuracea: Purpurschnecken; Dritte Abtheilung. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, ed.2
• Tapparone-Canefri, C. (1879). Museum Pauluccianum. Etudes malacologiques. Journal de Conchyliologie. 27(4): 316-327

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