Benthobia tornatilis

Benthobia tornatilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Benthobiidae.[2]

Benthobia tornatilis
Shell of Benthobia tornatilis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
Family:
Benthobiidae
Genus:
Benthobia
Species:
B. tornatilis
Binomial name
Benthobia tornatilis
Simone, 2003[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs on the Lord Howe Rise in the Coral Sea.

References
  1. Simone. 2003. Journal of Molluscan Studies 69 (3): 245–265. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  2. Benthobia tornatilis Simone, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.
  • Simone, L. R., 2003. Revision of the genus Benthobia (Caenogastropoda, Pseudolividae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 69: 245–162


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