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Benthonella

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Description

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

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benthonella, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2299439	https://www.gbif.org/species/2299439
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	116020	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=116020

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Rissoidae : Benthonella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Rissoidae : Benthonella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
-	Discopoda
superfamily	Rissooidea	Gray 1847
family	Rissoidae	Gray 1847
genus	Benthonella	Dall 1889

Scientific Name

Benthonella Dall, 1889

Name Published In

Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 18

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Benthonella	genus	belongs to Rissoidae	stated without evidence	Weisbord, 1962

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Rissoidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer (based on Rissoidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

N.E. Weisbord. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193)

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benthonella

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Benthonella alvaniformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Benthonella bearnensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Benthonella brontodes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Benthonella decorata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Benthonella loriei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Benthonella lutetiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Benthonella margaritifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Benthonella priabonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Benthonella sculpta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Benthonella tenella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Benthonella turbinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Hela Jeffreys, 1870	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Rissoidae : *Hela*
Assiminopsis Locard, 1897	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Rissoidae : *Assiminopsis*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1889	Benthonella Dall pp. 281-282
1962	Benthonella Weisbord p. 129

References

Weisbord N.E. (1962) Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela, Bulletins of American Paleontology 42 193

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 18 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Ponder W. F. (1985) A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985] - via World Register of Marine Species

Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. - via World Register of Marine Species

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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