Benthonella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Benthonella
Shell of Benthonella tenella (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Benthonella
Dall, 1889
Type species
Benthonella tenella
(Jeffreys, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Assiminopsis Locard, 1897
  • Hela Jeffreys, 1870 (preoccupied by Hela Muenster, 1840)

Species

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Species within the genus Benthonella include:

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

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  1. ^ Benthonella Dall, 1889. WoRMS (2010). Benthonella Dall, 1889. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138441 on 23 December 2012 .
  2. ^ Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2010.
  • 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
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