Benthonella tenella

Benthonella tenella
	hell of Benthonella tenella (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Benthonella
Species:	B. tenella
Binomial name
	Benthonella tenella; (Jeffreys, 1869)
Synonyms
	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;

Last updated June 02, 2025

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

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]

References

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 .
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 .

Lozouet, P., 2014 Occurrence of Benthonella Dall 1889 in the Cenozoic (Paleogene) of France: a present-day abyssal and bathyal mollusc (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 143(1): 21-32, 8 figures.

External links

Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER, José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114

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[WoRMS-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 .

[Welch_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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Benthonella tenella

hell of Benthonella tenella (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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