Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Siphonarioidea Genus Benhamina
Finlay, 1926 Higher classification Benhamina | Phylum Mollusca Family Siphonariidae Scientific name Benhamina obliquata Rank Species | |
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Similar Siphonariidae, Gastropods, Molluscs, Siphonaria zelandica, Siphonaria normalis | ||
Benhamina obliquata is a species of air-breathing sea snail, a false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae.
This species is very large compared with the other species in the family.
This is the only species in this genus; in other words, Benhamina is a monotypic genus. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Generic name Benhamina is in tribute to British oligo- and polychaetologist, William Blaxland Benham.
References
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