Benthonellania coronata
| Benthonellania coronata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Benthonellania |
| Species: | B. coronata |
| Binomial name | |
| Benthonellania coronata Absalão & Santos, 2004[1] | |
Benthonellania coronata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[2]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 1.02 mm.[3]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 247 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 830 m.[3]
References
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 3 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.
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