Belomitra climacella

Belomitra climacella
Shell of Belomitra climacella (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Belomitridae
Genus:	Belomitra
Species:	B. climacella
Binomial name
Belomitra climacella (Dall, 1895)
Synonyms [1]
Antizafra aoteanaDell, 1956 Dellina aoteana(Dell, 1956) Pleurotomella climacellaDall, 1895 Waipaoa aoteana(Dell, 1956) Waipaoa munidaPonder, 1968

Belomitra climacella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Belomitridae. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand and off Oahu Island, Hawaii at a depth of 642 m.

References

1. Belomitra climacella (Dall, 1895) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 November 2010.

• Dall (1895), Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 17(1032): 679, pl. 31, fig. 14
• Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985a) Mollusca Gastropoda: taxonomical notes on tropical deep water Buccinidae with descriptions of new taxa. Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, série A, Zoologie, 133, 457–499, 18 pls.