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Benhamina obliquata

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Benhamina obliquata
Shell of Benhamina obliquata from New Zealand at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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Benhamina

Finlay, 1926[1]
Species:
B. obliquata
Binomial name
Benhamina obliquata
Synonyms
  • Siphonaria (Benhamina) obliquata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825
  • Siphonaria obliquata Sowerby I, 1825
  • Siphonaria scutellum Deshayes, 1839

Benhamina obliquata is a species of air-breathing sea snail, a false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae.[2]

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.[3]

Generic name Benhamina is in tribute to British oligo- and polychaetologist, William Blaxland Benham.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Finlay H. J. (23 December) 1926. A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics]. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 57, 1927, 320-485.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Benhamina obliquata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559223 on 2020-06-11
  3. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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