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Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869) 
AphiaID: 141261

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Rissooidea (Superfamily) > Rissoidae (Family) > Rissoinae (Subfamily) > Benthonella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Benthonella Dall, 1889
Parent Benthonella Dall, 1889
Synonymised
taxa
  Benthonella jeffreysi (Dautzenberg, 1889)
Cithna jeffreysi (Dautzenberg, 1889)
Cithna tenella (Jeffreys, 1869)
Sources  basis of record: 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 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Mayhew, R. and F. Cole. 1994 MS. A taxonomic discussion and update of shell-bearing marine molluscs recorded from NW Atlantic North of Cape Cod (excluding Greenland), and Canadian Arctic Archipeligo. [details]

additional source: Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]

additional source: Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Range: 50.22°N to 9.08°S; 69.44°W to 34.47°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Labrador Strait; Brazil; Brazil: Pernambuco [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Image 
Benthonella tenella
Benthonella tenella
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141261
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141261 on 2013-06-19
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