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William Henry Benson

William Henry Benson was a civil servant in British India and a pioneer malacologist. He made large collections of molluscs and described over 470 species, mainly from India, Sri Lanka, Burma and South Africa.

Taxa described by him
Genera: • Pterocyclus (Benson, 1832) • Oxygyrus (Benson, 1835) • Batillaria (Benson in Cantor, 1842) • Diplommatina (Benson, 1849) • Streptaulus (Benson, 1857) • Dioryx (Benson, 1859) • Clostophis (Benson, 1860) • Rhiostoma (Benson, 1860) Species: • Carinaria cithara (Benson, 1835) • Carinaria galea (Benson, 1835) • Indrella ampulla (Benson, 1850) ==References==
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