Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Vertiginidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Pupilloidea Genus Bensonella | |
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Bensonella plicidens is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.
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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 μm from the lip.
Views of a shell of Bensonella plicidens:
Ecology
Potential predators of Bensonella plicidens includes a carnivorous snail Sinoennea iwakawa. Indoennea bicolor is a predator of Bensonella plicidens in laboratory conditions.
References
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