Benthonellania multicostata
| Benthonellania multicostata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoidae |
| Genus: | Benthonellania |
| Species: | B. multicostata
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| Binomial name | |
| Benthonellania multicostata Absalão & Santos, 2004[1]
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Benthonellania multicostata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[2]
Distribution
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Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 1.05 mm.[3]
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 184 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 1031 m.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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 multicostata Absalão & Santos, 2004. Gofas, S. (2010). Benthonellania multicostata Absalão & Santos, 2004. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=388531 on 9 August 2010 .
- ^ a b c 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.