Bellaspira

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

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.

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

Species brought into synonymy:

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

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