Benthodaphne is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae,.MolluscaBase (2018). Benthodaphne Oyama, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578138 on 2018-04-30
Description The shell is rather small and resembles Antiplanes or Spirotropis, except for the growth lines. The rather flat whorls are smooth save fine growth lines such as in Daphnella. K. Oyama, Two new gastropod genera Nannoturritella and Benthodaphne from Japan; Trans. Proc. Palaeol. Soc. Japan, N.S. No. 46 p. 272 June 10 1962
Distribution This marine genus is found off Japan.
Species Benthodaphne yukiae (Shikama, 1962) (considered provisionally as a synonym of Antiplanes yukiae) Kazunori Hasegawa and Takashi Okutani, A Review of Bathyal Shell-bearing Gastropods in Sagami Bay; Mem. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, (47): 97–144, April 15, 2011
References
Taylor, J.D., Kantor, Y.I. & Sysoev, A.V. (1993). Foregut anatomy, feeding mechanisms, relationships and classification of the Conoidea (=Toxoglossa) (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology. 59 : 125-170
External links Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308 Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae