Bensonella plicidens

Bensonella plicidens
	A live Bensonella plicidens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Stylommatophora; clade Orthurethra
Superfamily:	Pupilloidea
Family:	Vertiginidae
Genus:	Bensonella
Species:	B. plicidens
Binomial name
	Bensonella plicidens; (Benson, 1849)

Bensonella plicidens is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan.^[1]

Description

The width of the shell is 2 mm.^[1] The aperture of the shell is protruded.^[1] There are 13-15 denticles within the aperture about 400 μm from the lip.^[1]

Views of a shell of Bensonella plicidens:

Ecology

Potential predators of Bensonella plicidens includes a carnivorous snail Sinoennea iwakawa.^[1] Indoennea bicolor is a predator of Bensonella plicidens in laboratory conditions.^[1]

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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.

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[Wada_2013-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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.

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