Belomitra Explained

Belomitra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Belomitridae.

Species

Species within the genus Belomitra include:

• 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)
• Belomitra problematica (Thiele, 1925)
• Belomitra quadruplex (Watson, 1882)
• 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

• 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

External links

• 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