Benhamina obliquata
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| Shell of Benhamina obliquata from New Zealand at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
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| Genus: | Benhamina |
| Species: | B. obliquata
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| Benhamina obliquata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
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Siphonaria obliquata Sowerby, 1825 | |
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.[2]
Generic name Benhamina is in tribute to British oligo- and polychaetologist, William Blaxland Benham.[1]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Further reading
- Borland C. 1950. Ecological Study of Benhamina obliquata (Sowerby), A Basommatophorous Pulmonate in Otago Harbour. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 78, 385-393.