Benthobia tryonii

Benthobia tryonii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Benthobiidae.[1]

Benthobia tryonii
Shell of Benthobia tryonii (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Benthobiidae
Genus: Benthobia
Species:
B. tryonii
Binomial name
Benthobia tryonii
Dall, 1889
Synonyms
  • Lacuna cossmanni Locard, 1897
  • Nux alabaster Barnard, 1960

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Sahara.

References

  1. Benthobia tryonii Dall, 1889. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.
  • Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155
  • Simone, L. R. L. (2003). Revision of the genus Benthobia (Caenogastropoda, Pseudolividae. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 69-73


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