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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda
Superfamilia: Muricoidea

Familia: Muricidae
Subfamilia: Trophoninae
Genus: Benthoxystus

Species:

Benthoxystus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Species

Species within the genus Benthoxystus include:

Benthoxystus columnarius (Hedley & May, 1908)[2]
Benthoxystus petterdi (Brazier in Crosse, 1870)[3]

References

Benthoxystus Iredale, 1929. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
Benthoxystus columnarius (Hedley & May, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
Benthoxystus petterdi (Brazier in Crosse, 1870). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

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