Bensonella plicidens | |
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A live Bensonella plicidens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
(unranked): | clade
Heterobranchia
clade
Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | |
Species: | B. plicidens
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Binomial name | |
Bensonella plicidens (
Benson, 1849)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Pupa plicidens Benson, 1849 (original combination) |
Bensonella plicidens is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrocoptidae.
This species occurs in Japan. [2]
The width of the shell is 2 mm [2] and the aperture of the shell is protruded. [2] There are 13-15 denticles within the aperture about 400 μm from the lip. [2]
Views of a shell of Bensonella plicidens:
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Potential predators of Bensonella plicidens includes a carnivorous snail Sinoennea iwakawa. [2] Indoennea bicolor is a predator of Bensonella plicidens in laboratory conditions. [2]
Bensonella plicidens | |
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A live Bensonella plicidens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
(unranked): | clade
Heterobranchia
clade
Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | |
Species: | B. plicidens
|
Binomial name | |
Bensonella plicidens (
Benson, 1849)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Pupa plicidens Benson, 1849 (original combination) |
Bensonella plicidens is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrocoptidae.
This species occurs in Japan. [2]
The width of the shell is 2 mm [2] and the aperture of the shell is protruded. [2] There are 13-15 denticles within the aperture about 400 μm from the lip. [2]
Views of a shell of Bensonella plicidens:
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Potential predators of Bensonella plicidens includes a carnivorous snail Sinoennea iwakawa. [2] Indoennea bicolor is a predator of Bensonella plicidens in laboratory conditions. [2]