Bentosites

Bentosites
Scientific classification
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

• Bentosites coxi (Crosse, 1866)
• Bentosites etheridgei (Brazier, 1877)
• Bentosites fortasse (Iredale, 1933)
• Bentosites gavisa Iredale, 1933
• Bentosites hefferani Stanisic, 2010
• Bentosites macleayi (Cox, 1865)

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• Bentosites blomfieldi (Cox, 1864): synonym of Sphaerospira blomfieldi (Cox, 1864) (superseded combination)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

1. 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

External links

• Iredale, T. (1933). Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(1): 37-59