Benthonella
| Benthonella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Benthonella Dall, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869) | |
Benthonella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Benthonella include:
- Benthonella decorata (Thiele, 1925)
- Benthonella margaritifera (Watson, 1886)
- Benthonella sculpta (Thiele, 1925)
- Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869)[2]
- Species vrought into synonymy
- Benthonella jeffreysi (Dautzenberg, 1889): synonym of Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869)
- Benthonella nisonis Dall, 1889: synonym of Thaleia nisonis' (Dall, 1889)
References
- ↑ 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
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