Benimakia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.
Species Species within the genus Benimakia include: Benimakia cloveri Snyder & Vermeij, 2008 Benimakia delicata Vermeij & Snyder, 2003 Benimakia fastigium (Reeve, 1847) Benimakia flavida (A. Adams, 1855) Benimakia lanceolata (Reeve, 1847) Benimakia mariei (Crosse, 1869) Benimakia mirabilis Bozzetti, 2018 Benimakia nux Bouchet & Snyder, 2013 Benimakia rhodostoma (Dunker, 1860) Benimakia rosadoi (Bozzetti, 2002) Benimakia rubens (Lamarck, 1822) Benimakia rubus Bouchet & Snyder, 2013 Benimakia sowerbyi (Melvill, 1907) Benimakia vermeiji Bouchet & Snyder, 2013 Species brought into synonymy Benimakia marquesana (Adams, 1855): synonym of Peristernia marquesana (A. Adams, 1855) Benimakia nodata (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Nodolatirus nodatus (Gmelin, 1791) Benimakia ogum (Petuch, 1979): synonym of Pustulatirus ogum (Petuch, 1979) Benimakia robillardi (Tapparone-Canefri, 1879): synonym of Nodolatirus robillardi (Tapparone Canefri, 1879)
References
Habe T. (1958). On the radulae of Japanese marine gastropods (4). Venus. 20(1): 43–60, pls 2–3. Bouchet P. & Snyder M.A. (2013) New and old species of Benimakia (Neogastropoda: Fasciolariidae) and a description of Nodolatirus, new genus. Journal of Conchology 41(3): 331-341