''Benthonella'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of minute
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s or
micromollusk
A micromollusc is a shelled mollusc which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine molluscs, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater molluscs also ...
s in the
family
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Rissoidae
Rissoidae is a large family of sea snails. Members of the Rissoidae are very small in size and possess an operculum.
Distribution and habitat
Rissoidae are found worldwide. They live on sandy or gravel bottoms among algae or marine plants. Th ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Benthonella'' include:
* † ''
Benthonella alvaniformis''
Lozouet, 2014
* † ''
Benthonella bearnensis''
Lozouet, 2014
* † ''
Benthonella brontodes''
Lozouet, 1990
* ''
Benthonella decorata''
(Thiele, 1925)
* † ''
Benthonella loriei''
Weisbord, 1962
* † ''
Benthonella lutetiana''
Lozouet, 2014
* ''
Benthonella margaritifera''
(Watson, 1886)
* † ''
Benthonella priabonica''
Lozouet, 2014
* ''
Benthonella sculpta''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Benthonella tenella
''Benthonella tenella'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southeast Brazil.
Description
The maximum recorded shell ...
''
(Jeffreys, 1869)
; Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Benthonella fischeri''
Dall, 1889: synonym of ''Benthonella tenella''
(Jeffreys, 1869)
* ''Benthonella gaza''
Dall, 1889: synonym of ''Benthonella tenella''
(Jeffreys, 1869)
* ''Benthonella jeffreysi''
(Dautzenberg, 1889): synonym of ''Benthonella tenella''
(Jeffreys, 1869)
* ''Benthonella kullenbergi''
Odhner, 1960: synonym of ''Benthonella tenella''
(Jeffreys, 1869)
* ''Benthonella nisonis''
Dall, 1889: synonym of ''
Thaleia nisonis''
(Dall, 1889)
References
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
* Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). ''All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia''. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
External links
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. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40Jeffreys, J. G. (1870). Mediterranean Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4)6: 65-86''au/journal/Ponder-1985-Rec-Aust-Mus-Suppl-4-1221/ Ponder W. F. (1985).'' A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221
Rissoidae
Gastropod genera
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