Belomitra

Genus of gastropods

Belomitra
Shell of Belomitra comitas (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Belomitridae
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 Belomitridae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Belomitra include:[1]

  • Belomitra admete Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
  • Belomitra aikeni (Lussi, 2011)
  • Belomitra aoteana (Dell, 1956)
  • Belomitra bouteti Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
  • Belomitra brachymitra Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
  • Belomitra brachytoma (Schepman, 1913)
  • Belomitra caudata Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
  • Belomitra challengeri (E. A. Smith, 1891)
  • Belomitra chasmata (Dall, 1927)
  • Belomitra christina (Dall, 1927)
  • Belomitra climacella (Dall, 1895)
  • Belomitra comitas Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
  • Belomitra decapitata Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
  • Belomitra granulata Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
  • Belomitra gymnobela Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
  • Belomitra hypsomitra Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
  • Belomitra leobrerorum Poppe & Tagaro, 2010
  • Belomitra minutula Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
  • Belomitra nesiotica Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
  • Belomitra pacifica (Dall, 1908)
  • Belomitra paschalis (Thiele, 1925)
  • Belomitra pourtalesii (Dall, 1881)[2]
  • Belomitra problematica (Thiele, 1925)
  • Belomitra quadruplex (Watson, 1882)[3]
  • Belomitra radula Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
  • Belomitra reticulata Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
  • Belomitra richardi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906)
  • Belomitra subula Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
  • Belomitra torquata (Barnard, 1963)
  • Belomitra viridis (Okutani, 1966)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Belomitra fischeri Locard, 1897: synonym of Belomitra quadruplex (R. B. Watson, 1882)
  • Belomitra lyrata Locard, 1897: synonym of Belomitra quadruplex (R. B. Watson, 1882)
  • Belomitra paradoxa P. Fischer, 1883: synonym of Belomitra quadruplex (R. B. Watson, 1882)
  • Belomitra spelta Locard, 1897: synonym of Belomitra quadruplex (R. B. Watson, 1882)

References

  1. ^ a b c Belomitra Fischer, 1882. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ Belomitra pourtalesii (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  3. ^ Belomitra quadruplex (Watson, 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species 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
  • Beu A.G. (1970). Bathyal Upper Miocene Mollusca from Wairarapa District, New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Earth Sciences. 7(12): 209-240
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  • Fischer P. (1882-1883). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques recueillis dans le cours des expéditions scientifiques de l'aviso "Le Travailleur" (1880 et 1881). Journal de Conchyliologie 30: 49-53 [1882], 273-277
  • Kantor Yu.I., Puillandre N., Rivasseau A. & Bouchet P. (2012) Neither a buccinid nor a turrid: A new family of deep-sea snails for Belomitra P. Fischer, 1883 (Mollusca, Neogastropoda), with a review of Recent Indo-Pacific species. Zootaxa 3496: 1–64
  • Kantor Yu.I., Puillandre N., Rivasseau A. & Bouchet P. (2012) Neither a buccinid nor a turrid: A new family of deep-sea snails for Belomitra P. Fischer, 1883 (Mollusca, Neogastropoda), with a review of Recent Indo-Pacific species. Zootaxa 3496: 1–64
Taxon identifiers
Belomitra


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