Bellaspira Explained

Bellaspira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

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.^[2]

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:

• Bellaspira acclivicosta McLean & L. Poorman, 1970
• Bellaspira amplicostata Fallon, 2016
• Bellaspira aurantiaca Fallon, 2016
• Bellaspira barbadensis Fallon, 2016
• Bellaspira clarionensis McLean & L. Poorman, 1970
• Bellaspira grippi (Dall, 1908)
• Bellaspira hannyae (De Jong & Coomans, 1988)
• Bellaspira margaritensis McLean & L. Poorman, 1970
• Bellaspira melea Dall, 1919
• Bellaspira minutissima Fallon, 2016
• Bellaspira pentagonalis (Dall, 1889)
• Bellaspira rosea Fallon, 2016
• Bellaspira stahlschmidti Fallon, 2016
• Bellaspira tricolor Fallon, 2016
• † Bellaspira virginiana (Conrad, 1862)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Bellaspira brunnescens (Rehder, 1943): synonym of Fenimorea moseri (Dall, 1889)
• Bellaspira grimaldii (Dautzenberg, 1889): synonym of Amphissa acutecostata (Philippi, 1844)
• Bellaspira pentapleura Schwengel, 1940: synonym of Bellaspira pentagonalis (Dall, 1889)
• Bellaspira rigida (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Haedropleura septangularis (Montagu, 1803)
• Bellaspira rufa (Montagu, 1803): synonym of Propebela rufa (Montagu, 1803)
• Bellaspira septangularis (Montagu, 1803) synonym of Haedropleura septangularis (Montagu, 1803)

References

• Bartsch, Paul, and Harald A. Rehder. "New turritid mollusks from Florida." Proceedings of the United States National Museum (1939).
• McLean, James H., and Leroy H. Poorman. Reinstatement of the turrid genus Bellaspira Conrad, 1868 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a review of the known species. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, 1970

External links

• WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: family Drilliidae

Notes and References

1. P. Bouchet . Yu. I. Kantor . A. Sysoev . N. Puillandre . 2011 . A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda) . . 77 . 3 . 273–308 . 10.1093/mollus/eyr017. free .
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30579#page/411/mode/1up 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