Benthonella tenella is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]
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| hell of Benthonella tenella (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Benthonella |
| Species: | B. tenella
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| Binomial name | |
| Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869)
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southeast Brazil.
Description
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editMinimum recorded depth is 10 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 5500 m.[2]
References
edit- ^ 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 .
- ^ 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.
- 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.
External links
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