Benthonella

Benthonella
Shell of Benthonella tenella (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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)

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

Species

Species 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)

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

• 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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• 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