''Benthobia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Benthobiidae
The Benthobiidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Olivoidea
Olivoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of minute to medium-large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogast ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Benthobia'' include:
* ''
Benthobia atafona''
Simone, 2003
* ''
Benthobia complexirhyna''
Simone, 2003
* ''
Benthobia sima''
Simone, 2003
* ''
Benthobia tornatilis''
Simone, 2003
* ''
Benthobia tryonii''
Dall, 1889
References
Vermeij G. (1998). ''Generic revision of the neogastropod family Pseudolividae''. The Nautilus 111(2): 53-84
* Simone L. (2003). ''Revision of the genus Benthobia (Caenogastropoda, Pseudolividae)''. Journal of Molluscan Studies 69(3):245-262
Benthobiidae
Gastropod genera
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