Benthonellania coronata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[2]
| Benthonellania coronata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Benthonellania |
| Species: | B. coronata
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| Binomial name | |
| Benthonellania coronata Absalão & Santos, 2004[1]
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Distribution
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Description
editHabitat
editMinimum recorded depth is 247 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 830 m.[3]
References
edit- ^ Absalão R.S. & Santos F.N. 2004. Recent deep-sea species of Benthonellania Lozouet, 1990 (Gastropoda: Rissooidea) from the south-western Atlantic, with descriptions of species utilizing a shell morphometric-multivariate approach. Journal of Conchology 38(4): 329-340.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
- ^ Benthonellania coronata Absalão & Santos, 2004. Gofas, S. (2010). Benthonellania coronata Absalão & Santos, 2004. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=388530 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.