Bellaspira

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Bellaspira
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Apertural view of Bellaspira acclivicosta
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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]

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Description

(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]

Distribution

The species in this genus are found in the Caribbean Sea and in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Species

Species within the genus Bellaspira include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. ↑ Bellaspira Conrad, 1868 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 April 2010.
  2. ↑ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies . 77 (3): 273–308. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyr017 .
  3. ↑ Conrad, T.A. (1868) Descriptions of new genera and species of Miocene shells, with notes on other fossil and Recent species. American Journal of Conchology, 3, 257–270, pls. 19–24 page(s): 261
  4. ↑ Bellaspira acclivicosta McLean & L. Poorman, 1970 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Bellaspira clarionensis McLean & L. Poorman, 1970 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Bellaspira grippi (Dall, 1908) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 April 2010.
  7. ↑ Bellaspira margaritensis McLean & L. Poorman, 1970 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 April 2010.
  8. ↑ Bellaspira melea Dall, 1919 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 April 2010.
  9. ↑ Bellaspira pentagonalis (Dall, 1889) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 April 2010.
  10. ↑ Bellaspira brunnescens (Rehder, 1943) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 April 2010.
  11. ↑ Bellaspira grimaldii (Dautzenberg, 1889) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 April 2010.
  12. ↑ Bellaspira rigida (Reeve, 1846) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 April 2010.
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