Benthonellania acuticostata

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| genus = Benthonellania

| species = acuticostata

| authority = (Dall, 1889)

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| synonyms = Rissoa xanthias var. acuticostata Dall, 1889 (basionym)

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Benthonellania acuticostata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoidae.{{WRMS species|419619|Benthonellania acuticostata (Dall, 1889)|||WoRMS (2010). Benthonellania acuticostata (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419619 on 16 July 2012}}

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.7 mm.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|doi-access=free}}.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 59 m. Maximum recorded depth is 1249 m.

References

Lozouet P. (1990). Benthonellania, nouveau genre de Rissoidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) du bathyal atlantique. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (section A Zoologie) (4) 12: 313-328
Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Category:Rissoidae

Category:Gastropods described in 1889