Bensonella plicidens
| Bensonella plicidens | |
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| A live Bensonella plicidens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Vertiginidae |
| Genus: | Bensonella |
| Species: | B. plicidens |
| Binomial name | |
| Bensonella plicidens (Benson, 1849) | |
Bensonella plicidens is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in Japan.[1]
Description
The width of the shell is 2 mm.[1] The aperture of the shell is protruded.[1] There are 13-15 denticles within the aperture about 400 μm from the lip.[1]
Views of a shell of Bensonella plicidens:
 apertural view |
 left lateral view |
 right lateral view |
detail of the aperture
Ecology
Potential predators of Bensonella plicidens includes a carnivorous snail Sinoennea iwakawa.[1] Indoennea bicolor is a predator of Bensonella plicidens in laboratory conditions.[1]
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References
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