Benhamina obliquata

Benhamina obliquata is a species of air-breathing sea snail, a false limpet, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Siphonariidae.
This species is very large compared with the other species in the family.
This is the only species in this genus; in other words, Benhamina is a monotypic genus. It is endemic to marine [molluscs">marine (ocean)">marine [molluscs of New Zealand|New Zealand].
name of a [biological genus|Generic name] Benhamina is in tribute to British oligo- and polychaetologist William [Blaxland Benham].