''Benthonella'' is a
genus
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of minute
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s or
micromollusks in the
family
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Rissoidae
Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea and the order Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails, gastropods, consisting pr ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Benthonella'' include:
* † ''
Benthonella alvaniformis''
Lozouet, 2014
* † ''
Benthonella bearnensis''
Lozouet, 2014
* † ''
Benthonella brontodes''
Lozouet, 1990
* ''
Benthonella decorata''
(Thiele, 1925)
* † ''
Benthonella loriei''
Weisbord, 1962
* † ''
Benthonella lutetiana''
Lozouet, 2014
* ''
Benthonella margaritifera''
(Watson, 1886)
* † ''
Benthonella priabonica''
Lozouet, 2014
* ''
Benthonella sculpta''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Benthonella tenella''
(Jeffreys, 1869)
; Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Benthonella fischeri''
Dall, 1889: synonym of ''Benthonella tenella''
(Jeffreys, 1869)
* ''Benthonella gaza''
Dall, 1889: synonym of ''Benthonella tenella''
(Jeffreys, 1869)
* ''Benthonella jeffreysi''
(Dautzenberg, 1889): synonym of ''Benthonella tenella''
(Jeffreys, 1869)
* ''Benthonella kullenbergi''
Odhner, 1960: synonym of ''Benthonella tenella''
(Jeffreys, 1869)
* ''Benthonella nisonis''
Dall, 1889: synonym of ''
Thaleia nisonis'
(Dall, 1889)
References
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
* Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). ''All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia''. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
External links
Dall W.H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40Jeffreys, J. G. (1870). Mediterranean Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4)6: 65-86''au/journal/Ponder-1985-Rec-Aust-Mus-Suppl-4-1221/ Ponder W. F. (1985).'' A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221
Rissoidae
Gastropod genera
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