Benhamina obliquata explained

Benhamina obliquata is a species of air-breathing sea snail, a false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae.^[1]

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.

References

• WoRMS

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.
• Sowerby, G. B., I. (1825). A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville : arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp

Notes and References

1. 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
2. [Arthur William Baden Powell|Powell A. W. B.]