Benthobia atafona

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

Benthobia atafona
Shell of Benthobia atafona (paratype 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. atafona
Binomial name
Benthobia atafona
Simone, 2003[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southeast Brazil.

References
  1. Simone. 2003. Journal of Molluscan Studies 69 (3): 245-262. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  2. Benthobia atafona 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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