WoRMS taxon details
Benthobia tryonii Dall, 1889
140880 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140880)
accepted
Species
Lacuna cossmanni Locard, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nux alabaster Barnard, 1960 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505 [details]
Distribution Range: 38.07°N to 23.5°N; 96.18°W to 25.97°W. Distribution: USA: Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina; Gulf of Mexico;...
Distribution Range: 38.07°N to 23.5°N; 96.18°W to 25.97°W. Distribution: USA: Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina; Gulf of Mexico; Eastern Atlantic: Azores [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Benthobia tryonii Dall, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140880 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
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. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505 [details]
original description (of Nux alabaster Barnard, 1960) Barnard K.H. (1960). New species of South African marine gastropods. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 24: 438-442. [details]
original description (of Lacuna cossmanni Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 493-495, pl. 22 fig. 4-9 [details]
basis of record Simone, L. R. L. (2003). Revision of the genus <i>Benthobia</i> (Caenogastropoda, Pseudolividae). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 69 (3): 245-262. [details]
original description (of Nux alabaster Barnard, 1960) Barnard K.H. (1960). New species of South African marine gastropods. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 24: 438-442. [details]
original description (of Lacuna cossmanni Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 493-495, pl. 22 fig. 4-9 [details]
basis of record Simone, L. R. L. (2003). Revision of the genus <i>Benthobia</i> (Caenogastropoda, Pseudolividae). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 69 (3): 245-262. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> supplement 1: 121-296., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/140763 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155 [in English]. [details] Available for editors 
[request]
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
[request]additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Range: 38.07°N to 23.5°N; 96.18°W to 25.97°W. Distribution: USA: Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina; Gulf of Mexico; Eastern Atlantic: Azores [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Nux alabaster Barnard, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lacuna cossmanni Locard, 1897)
To Malacopics (Benthobia tryonii Dall, 1889 )
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-639) (from synonym Lacuna cossmanni Locard, 1897)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna cossmanni Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Nux alabaster Barnard, 1960)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Nux alabaster Barnard, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lacuna cossmanni Locard, 1897)
To Malacopics (Benthobia tryonii Dall, 1889 )
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-639) (from synonym Lacuna cossmanni Locard, 1897)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna cossmanni Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Nux alabaster Barnard, 1960)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
