Benthonella tenella

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Benthonella tenella
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hell of Benthonella tenella (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Benthonella
Species:
B. tenella
Binomial name
Benthonella tenella
(Jeffreys, 1869)
Synonyms [1]
  • Assiminopsis abyssorumLocard, 1897
  • Benthonella fischeriDall, 1889
  • Benthonella gazaDall, 1889
  • Benthonella jeffreysi(Dautzenberg, 1889)
  • Benthonella kullenbergiOdhner, 1960
  • Cithna jeffreysi(Dautzenberg, 1889)
  • Cithna tenella(Jeffreys, 1869)
  • Cithna tenella var. costulataJeffreys, 1883
  • Lacuna abyssorumLocard, 1896
  • Lacuna tenellaJeffreys, 1869
  • Putilla abyssicolaF. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Rissoa amblia var. inornataDautzenberg, 1927

Benthonella tenella is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southeast Brazil.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 9 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 10 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 5500 m. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869) . Gofas, S. (2009). Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141261 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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