Benthonella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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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)
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Species
editSpecies 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)[2]
- 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
edit- ^ 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 .
- ^ 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
External links
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- 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. 10-40
- Jeffreys, 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