Benthonella tenella

Benthonella tenella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Benthonella
Species: B. tenella
Binomial name
Benthonella tenella
(Jeffreys, 1869)
Synonyms[1]

Benthonella jeffreysi (Dautzenberg, 1889)
Cithna jeffreysi (Dautzenberg, 1889)<

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

Contents

Distribution

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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c 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.