Benthonella
Genus of gastropods
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Benthonella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.[1]
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| 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) | |
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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)[2]
- 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)
