Benthonella_tenella

<i>Benthonella tenella</i>

Benthonella tenella

Species of gastropod

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

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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]

References

  1. [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. [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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