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| Bensonella plicidens | |
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| A live Bensonella plicidens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Gastrocoptidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypselostomatinae |
| Genus: | Bensonella |
| Species: | B. plicidens |
| Binomial name | |
| Bensonella plicidens (Benson, 1849) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.
Distribution
This species occurs in Japan.
Description
The width of the shell is 2 mm. The aperture of the shell is protruded. There are 13-15 denticles within the aperture about 400 Ξm from the lip.
Views of a shell of Bensonella plicidens:
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Ecology
Potential predators of Bensonella plicidens includes a carnivorous snail Sinoennea iwakawa. Indoennea bicolor is a predator of Bensonella plicidens in laboratory conditions.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2016). Bensonella plicidens (Benson, 1849). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=885086 on 2018-01-07
- ^ Wada S. & Chiba S. (2013). "The Dual Protection of a Micro Land Snail against a Micro Predatory Snail". PLoS ONE 8(1): e54123. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054123.
External links
Media related to Bensonella plicidens at Wikimedia Commons
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