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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Rissoinae

Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1883)


Range: 50.22°N to 9.08°S; 95°W to 34.47°W
Depth: 10 to 5500 m (live 4305 to 4305 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 9  mm

Synonymy

Putilla obtusispira auct. non Seguenza, 1876
Cithna costulata Jeffreys, 1883
Hela tenella (Jeffreys, 1883) 
Cythnia tenella (Jeffreys, 1883) 
Cithna tenella (Jeffreys, 1883) 
Lacuna tenella Jeffreys, 1883
Rissoa amblia auct. non Watson, 1886
Benthonella fischeri Dall, 1889
Benthonella gaza Dall, 1889
Cithna jeffreysi Dautzenberg, 1889
Lacuna abyssorum Locard, 1896
Assiminopsis abyssorum Locard, 1897
Rissoa inornata Dautzenberg, 1927
Benthonella kullenbergi Odhner, 1960
Putilla abyssicola Nordsieck, 1972

Details


Lacuna tenella Jeffreys, 1883,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 50.22°N to 9.08°S; 69.44°W to 34.47°W
Depth: 640 to 4970 m (live 4305 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Distribution: Canada: Labrador Strait; Brazil: Pernambuco; Eastern Atlantic: Iceland
References: Clarke (1974) LlN; Rex & Warén (1982) D; Rex & Etter (1990) {N}W
Combining Genera:  Cithna Cythnia Hela

Putilla abyssicola Nordsieck, 1972, 
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1993) s

Assiminopsis abyssorum Locard, 1897b, p. 466-467, pl. 19, fig. 24-27
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Travailleur, 1881, dragage 30, 1205 m, sud du Portugal
Maximum Reported Size: 4.25 mm
References: Locard (1897b) M; Sabelli et al. (1990) s

Lacuna abyssorum Locard, 1896, 
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1993) s

Rissoa amblia auct. non Watson, 1886, 
[Not available]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1993) s
Comments: Misidentification; incorrectly synonymized by Ponder (1985).

Cithna costulata Jeffreys, 1883, 
[Synonym]
Depth: 3718 m
References: Clarke (1962) s

Benthonella fischeri Dall, 1889a, p. 282-283
[Synonym]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 2384, [off Alabama]
Range: 28.75°N to 23°N; 88.26°W to 82°W
Depth: 1719 to 1939 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5.3 mm
Distribution: USA: Alabama; Cuba: Matanzas
References: Dall (1889a) dNW; Bouchet & Warén (1993) s

Benthonella gaza Dall, 1889a, p. 282, [Dall 1890a, pl. 11, fig. 5]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: USFC 2352, west of Cuba
Range: 30.98°N to 2°S; 95°W to 41°W
Depth: 10 to 1865 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: USA: Georgia, Florida: West Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State; Cuba: Pinar del Rio, Matanzas; Brazil: Ceara
References: Dall (1927b) N; Odé (1986c) W; Bouchet & Warén (1993) s

Rissoa inornata Dautzenberg, 1927, 
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1993) s

Cithna jeffreysi Dautzenberg, 1889, 
[Synonym]
References: Sabelli et al. (1990) s

Benthonella kullenbergi Odhner, 1960, p. 387-389, pl. 2, figs. 18-19
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Sta. 373, 28°25'N, 61°05'W to 28°05'N, 60°49'W
Range: 28.08°N to 28.42°N; 60.82°W to 61.08°W
Depth: 5987 to 5500 m
Maximum Reported Size: 3.2 mm
Distribution: Sargasso Sea
References: Odhner (1960) DdNSEWM; Bouchet & Warén (1993) s

Putilla obtusispira auct. non Seguenza, 1876, 
[Not available]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1993) s
Comments: Misidentification by Nordsieck (1971, 1973).


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, 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,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]
Locard, A. 1897. Mollusques Testacés, tome premier Expéditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman vi + 516, 22 pls. Masson: Paris.
Odhner, N. H. 1960. Mollusca Reports of the Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition 1947-1948 2 365-400.

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