Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Rissooidea > Family Rissoidae > Genus Benthonella

Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Benthonella*	Dall, 1889	accepted genus name
*Assiminopsis*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Hela*	Jeffreys, 1870	synonym

Species group names

*Assiminopsis abyssorum*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Benthonella fischeri*	Dall, 1889	synonym
*Benthonella gaza*	Dall, 1889	synonym
*Benthonella jeffreysi*	(Dautzenberg, 1889)	synonym
*Benthonella kullenbergi*	Odhner, 1960	synonym
*Cithna jeffreysi*	Dautzenberg, 1889	synonym
*Cithna tenella*	(Jeffreys, 1869)	synonym
*Cithna tenella var. costulata*	Jeffreys, 1883	synonym
*Lacuna abyssorum*	Locard, 1896	synonym
*Lacuna tenella*	Jeffreys, 1869	synonym
*Putilla (Pseudosetia) abyssicola*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Putilla abyssicola*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Rissoa amblia var. inornata*	Dautzenberg, 1927	synonym

Literature

basis of record	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.
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
additional source	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141261