Biology:Benthonellania coronata

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Benthonellania coronata
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B. coronata
Binomial name
Benthonellania coronata
Absalão & Santos, 2004[1]

Benthonellania coronata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[2]

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 1.02 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 247 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 830 m.[3]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Benthonellania coronata Absalão & Santos, 2004. Gofas, S. (2010). Benthonellania coronata Absalão & Santos, 2004. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=388530 on 9 August 2010 .
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 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.

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