Benthonellania precipitata

Benthonellania precipitata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Benthonellania
Species:	B. precipitata
Binomial name
Benthonellania precipitata (Dall, 1889)
Synonyms
Alvania precipitata (Dall, 1889) superseded combination Rissoa precipitata Dall, 1889 (original combination)

Benthonellania precipitata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 4 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 55 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1225 m.[2]

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Benthonellania precipitata (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1591639 on 2023-12-12
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.

External links

• Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40.
• Amati, B., Di Giulio, A. & Oliverio, M. (2022). Deep-water Rissoidae of the genera Benthonella Dall, 1889 and Benthonellania Lozouet, 1990 (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Rissooidea) from French Polynesia. Zoosystema. 44(12): 335-389