Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Olivoidea > Family Benthobiidae

Benthobia Dall, 1889

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nux*	Barnard, 1960	synonym

Children

Benthobia tryonii Dall, 1889

Literature

original description	Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40.
basis of record	Vermeij, G. J. (1998). Generic revision of the neogastropod family Pseudolividae. The Nautilus. 111 (2): 53-84.
additional source	Simone, L. R. L. (2003). Revision of the genus Benthobia (Caenogastropoda, Pseudolividae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 69 (3): 245-262.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Benthobia Dall, 1889. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138394