''Benthonellania'' 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 ''Benthonellania'' include:
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Benthonellania acuticostata
''Benthonellania acuticostata'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.
Descriptio ...
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(Dall, 1889)
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Benthonellania aequatorialis''
(Thiele, 1925)
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Benthonellania africana''
(Thiele, 1925)
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Benthonellania agastachys''
Bouchet & Warén, 1993
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Benthonellania alis''
Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2022
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Benthonellania alvanioides''
J. D. Oliver & Rolán, 2017
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Benthonellania antepelagica''
Lozouet, 1990 †
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Benthonellania benestarensis''
Vazzana, 1997
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Benthonellania bouteti''
Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2022
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Benthonellania charope''
(Melvill & Standen, 1901)
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Benthonellania colombiana
''Benthonellania colombiana'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Benthonellania colombiana (Romer & D. R. Moore, 1988). Accessed through: W ...
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(Romer & D. R. Moore, 1988)
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Benthonellania coronata''
Absalão & Santos, 2004
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Benthonellania donmoorei''
Moolenbeek & Faber, 1991
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Benthonellania fayalensis''
(Watson, 1886)
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Benthonellania gofasi''
Lozouet, 1990
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Benthonellania hertzogi''
(Thiele, 1925)
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Benthonellania listera''
(Dall, 1927)
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Benthonellania lozoueti''
Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2022
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Benthonellania maestratii''
Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2022
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Benthonellania megan''
Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2022
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Benthonellania multicostata''
Absalão & Santos, 2004
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Benthonellania oligostigma''
Bouchet & Warén, 1993
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Benthonellania praexanthias''
Lozouet, 1990
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Benthonellania precipitata''
(Dall, 1889)
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Benthonellania profundior''
(Hedley, 1907)
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Benthonellania pyrrhias
''Benthonellania pyrrhias'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Distribution
Description
The maximum recorded shell
Shell may refer to:
Architecture and design
* Shell (st ...
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(Watson, 1886)
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Benthonellania tarava''
Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2022
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Benthonellania thielei''
Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2022
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Benthonellania tuamotu''
Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2022
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Benthonellania xanthias''
(Watson, 1886)
References
External links
Lozouet P. (1990). Benthonellania, nouveau genre de Rissoidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) du bathyal atlantique. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (section A Zoologie) (4) 12: 313-328Amati, B., Di Giulio, A. & Oliverio, M. (2022). Deep-water Rissoidae of the genera Benthonella Dall, 1889 and Benthonellania Lozouet, 1990 (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Rissooidea) from French Polynesia. Zoosystema. 44(12): 335-389
Rissoidae
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