Benthonella tenella

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

Benthonella tenella
hell of Benthonella tenella (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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]
  • Assiminopsis abyssorum Locard, 1897
  • Benthonella fischeri Dall, 1889
  • Benthonella gaza Dall, 1889
  • Benthonella jeffreysi (Dautzenberg, 1889)
  • Benthonella kullenbergi Odhner, 1960
  • Cithna jeffreysi (Dautzenberg, 1889)
  • Cithna tenella (Jeffreys, 1869)
  • Cithna tenella var. costulata Jeffreys, 1883
  • Lacuna abyssorum Locard, 1896
  • Lacuna tenella Jeffreys, 1869
  • Putilla abyssicola F. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Rissoa amblia var. inornata Dautzenberg, 1927

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]

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References
  1. 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. 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.


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