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]

Description

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