Bellaspira | |
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Apertural view of Bellaspira acclivicosta | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Bellaspira Conrad, 1868 |
Type species | |
† Mangelia virginianaConrad, 1862 | |
Species | |
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Bellaspira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae. [1] [2]
(Original description) The shell is subfusiform and is longitudinally ribbed. The siphonal canal is very short. The simple outer lip is obsoletely, widely notched and curved outwards. The lip is reflexed and entire. The columella is straight. [3]
The species in this genus are found in the Caribbean Sea and in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Species within the genus Bellaspira include: