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

Benthobia tryonii Dall, 1889

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Benthobia*	Dall, 1889	accepted genus name
*Nux*	Barnard, 1960	synonym

Species group names

*Lacuna cossmanni*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Nux alabaster*	Barnard, 1960	synonym

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	Simone, L. R. L. (2003). Revision of the genus Benthobia (Caenogastropoda, Pseudolividae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 69 (3): 245-262.
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
additional source	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
source of synonymy	Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. supplement 1: 121-296.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Benthobia tryonii 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:140880