Deep-Sea taxon details
Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869)
141261 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141261)
accepted
Species
Assiminopsis abyssorum Locard, 1897 · unaccepted
Benthonella fischeri Dall, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Benthonella gaza Dall, 1889 · unaccepted
Benthonella jeffreysi (Dautzenberg, 1889) · unaccepted
Benthonella kullenbergi Odhner, 1960 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cithna jeffreysi Dautzenberg, 1889 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cithna tenella (Jeffreys, 1869) · unaccepted
Cithna tenella var. costulata Jeffreys, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lacuna abyssorum Locard, 1896 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lacuna tenella Jeffreys, 1869 · unaccepted
Putilla abyssicola F. Nordsieck, 1972 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rissoa amblia var. inornata Dautzenberg, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Lacuna tenella Jeffreys, 1869) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 204-205; pl. 101 fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 204-205; pl. 101 fig. 7 [details]
Distribution Range: 50.22°N to 9.08°S; 69.44°W to 34.47°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Labrador Strait; Brazil; Brazil: Pernambuco
Distribution Range: 50.22°N to 9.08°S; 69.44°W to 34.47°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Labrador Strait; Brazil; Brazil: Pernambuco [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141261 on 2026-07-29
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141261 on 2026-07-29
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(of Cithna jeffreysi Dautzenberg, 1889) Dautzenberg, P. (1889). Contribution à la faune malacologique des Iles Açores. Resultats des dragages effectués par le yacht l'Hirondelle pendant sa campagne scientifique de 1887. Révision des mollusques marins des Açores. <em>Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco, I. Imprimerie de Monaco.</em> 112 pp.; IV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18730
page(s): 44 [details]
original description (of Assiminopsis abyssorum Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897). Notices conchyliologiques. XLV. Sur un genre nouveau dans la faune marine. <em>L'Échange (Revue Linnéenne).</em> 13(150): 46-47., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36357399
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Benthonella gaza Dall, 1889) 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. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 282 [details]
original description (of Benthonella fischeri Dall, 1889) 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. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 282 [details]
original description (of Lacuna abyssorum Locard, 1896) Locard, A.; Koehler, R. (1896). Résultats scientifiques de le campagne du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogne. <em>Annales de l'Université de Lyon.</em> 26: 129-242., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42101839
page(s): 163, pl. 6 fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Lacuna tenella Jeffreys, 1869) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 204-205; pl. 101 fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Rissoa amblia var. inornata Dautzenberg, 1927) Dautzenberg, Ph. (1927). Mollusques provenant des campagnes scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco dans l'Océan Atlantique et dans le Golfe de Gascogne. <em>Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco.</em> 72: 401 pp., 9 pls., available online at https://bibnum.explore.psl.eu/s/psl/ark:/18469/1k2fd
page(s): 126 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Cithna tenella var. costulata Jeffreys, 1883) Jeffreys, J. G. (1883). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions 1868-70. (Part VI). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1882: 88-115, pl. 19, 20., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28679878
page(s): 110 [details]
original description (of Benthonella kullenbergi Odhner, 1960) Odhner, N. (1960). Mollusca. <i>in</i> Pettersson H. (Ed.) Reports of the Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition 1947-1948. Volume 2, Zoology, fasc. 4, pp. 365-400, pl. 1-2.
page(s): 387-389, pl. 2 fig. 18-19 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.14 [details] Available for editors
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. (2004). Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20250405073114/http://www.malacolog.org/ [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
page(s): 44 [details]
original description (of Assiminopsis abyssorum Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897). Notices conchyliologiques. XLV. Sur un genre nouveau dans la faune marine. <em>L'Échange (Revue Linnéenne).</em> 13(150): 46-47., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36357399
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Benthonella gaza Dall, 1889) 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. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 282 [details]
original description (of Benthonella fischeri Dall, 1889) 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. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 282 [details]
original description (of Lacuna abyssorum Locard, 1896) Locard, A.; Koehler, R. (1896). Résultats scientifiques de le campagne du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogne. <em>Annales de l'Université de Lyon.</em> 26: 129-242., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42101839
page(s): 163, pl. 6 fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Lacuna tenella Jeffreys, 1869) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 204-205; pl. 101 fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Rissoa amblia var. inornata Dautzenberg, 1927) Dautzenberg, Ph. (1927). Mollusques provenant des campagnes scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco dans l'Océan Atlantique et dans le Golfe de Gascogne. <em>Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco.</em> 72: 401 pp., 9 pls., available online at https://bibnum.explore.psl.eu/s/psl/ark:/18469/1k2fd
page(s): 126 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Cithna tenella var. costulata Jeffreys, 1883) Jeffreys, J. G. (1883). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions 1868-70. (Part VI). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1882: 88-115, pl. 19, 20., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28679878
page(s): 110 [details]
original description (of Benthonella kullenbergi Odhner, 1960) Odhner, N. (1960). Mollusca. <i>in</i> Pettersson H. (Ed.) Reports of the Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition 1947-1948. Volume 2, Zoology, fasc. 4, pp. 365-400, pl. 1-2.
page(s): 387-389, pl. 2 fig. 18-19 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.14 [details] Available for editors
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. (2004). Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20250405073114/http://www.malacolog.org/ [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Range: 50.22°N to 9.08°S; 69.44°W to 34.47°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Labrador Strait; Brazil; Brazil: Pernambuco [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Benthonella fischeri Dall, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Cithna tenella (Jeffreys, 1869))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Lacuna tenella Jeffreys, 1869)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Benthonella gaza Dall, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Assiminopsis abyssorum Locard, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Malacopics (Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys,1869) Ireland, SW of Ireland, Goban Spur Area at 1457...
To Malacopics (Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys,1869) Italy, Lazio, Roma, Anzio, at 500 m depth, coll...
To Malacopics (Lacuna tenella Jeffreys, 1869 SYNTYPE Italy, Sicilia, Trapani, Pantellaria)
To PESI (from synonym Cithna jeffreysi Dautzenberg, 1889)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cithna tenella (Jeffreys, 1869))
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna tenella Jeffreys, 1869)
To PESI (from synonym Putilla abyssicola F. Nordsieck, 1972)
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa amblia var. inornata Dautzenberg, 1927)
To PESI (from synonym Cithna tenella var. costulata Jeffreys, 1883)
To PESI (from synonym Benthonella fischeri Dall, 1889)
To PESI (from synonym Benthonella kullenbergi Odhner, 1960)
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna abyssorum Locard, 1896)
To PESI (from synonym Benthonella gaza Dall, 1889)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Cithna tenella (Jeffreys, 1869))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Lacuna tenella Jeffreys, 1869)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Benthonella gaza Dall, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Assiminopsis abyssorum Locard, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Malacopics (Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys,1869) Ireland, SW of Ireland, Goban Spur Area at 1457...
To Malacopics (Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys,1869) Italy, Lazio, Roma, Anzio, at 500 m depth, coll...
To Malacopics (Lacuna tenella Jeffreys, 1869 SYNTYPE Italy, Sicilia, Trapani, Pantellaria)
To PESI (from synonym Cithna jeffreysi Dautzenberg, 1889)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cithna tenella (Jeffreys, 1869))
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna tenella Jeffreys, 1869)
To PESI (from synonym Putilla abyssicola F. Nordsieck, 1972)
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa amblia var. inornata Dautzenberg, 1927)
To PESI (from synonym Cithna tenella var. costulata Jeffreys, 1883)
To PESI (from synonym Benthonella fischeri Dall, 1889)
To PESI (from synonym Benthonella kullenbergi Odhner, 1960)
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna abyssorum Locard, 1896)
To PESI (from synonym Benthonella gaza Dall, 1889)
To ITIS
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