Belomitra

Belomitra
Belomitra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Belomitra
Fischer, 1882
Type species
Belomitra paradoxa P. Fischer, 1883
Synonyms[1]
  • Bathyclionella Kobelt, 1905
  • Cryptomitra Dall, 1924
  • Dellina Beu, 1970
  • Morrisonella Bartsch, 1945
  • Pleurobela Monterosato in Locard, 1897

Belomitra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Belomitra include: [1]

  • Belomitra chasmata (Dall, 1927)
  • Belomitra christina (Dall, 1927)
  • Belomitra climacella (Dall, 1895)
  • Belomitra leobrerorum Poppe & Tagaro, 2010
  • Belomitra pacifica (Dall, 1908)
  • Belomitra pourtalesii (Dall, 1881)[2]
  • Belomitra quadruplex (Watson, 1882)[3]
  • Belomitra richardi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906)
  • Belomitra torquata (Barnard, 1963)

References

  1. ^ a b c Belomitra Fischer, 1882.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137698 on 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ Belomitra pourtalesii (Dall, 1881).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419964 on 17 April 2010.
  3. ^ Belomitra quadruplex (Watson, 1882).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138853 on 17 April 2010.
  • Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico Suppl. 1: 121-296

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