Bellaspira

Genus of gastropods

Bellaspira

Apertural view of Bellaspira acclivicosta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Bellaspira Conrad, 1868
Type species
† Mangelia virginiana Conrad, 1862
Species
See text

Bellaspira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.^[1]^[2]

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:

Bellaspira acclivicosta McLean & L. Poorman, 1970^[4]
Bellaspira amplicostata Fallon, 2016
Bellaspira aurantiaca Fallon, 2016
Bellaspira barbadensis Fallon, 2016
Bellaspira clarionensis McLean & L. Poorman, 1970^[5]
Bellaspira grippi (Dall, 1908)^[6]
Bellaspira hannyae (De Jong & Coomans, 1988)
Bellaspira margaritensis McLean & L. Poorman, 1970^[7]
Bellaspira melea Dall, 1919^[8]
Bellaspira minutissima Fallon, 2016
Bellaspira pentagonalis (Dall, 1889)^[9]
Bellaspira rosea Fallon, 2016
Bellaspira stahlschmidti Fallon, 2016
Bellaspira tricolor Fallon, 2016
† Bellaspira virginiana (Conrad, 1862)

Species brought into synonymy

Bellaspira brunnescens (Rehder, 1943):^[10] synonym of Fenimorea moseri (Dall, 1889)
Bellaspira grimaldii (Dautzenberg, 1889):^[11] synonym of Amphissa acutecostata (Philippi, 1844)
Bellaspira pentapleura Schwengel, 1940: synonym of Bellaspira pentagonalis (Dall, 1889)
Bellaspira rigida (Reeve, 1846):^[12] 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

^ ^a ^b Bellaspira Conrad, 1868. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
^ 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.
^ 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
^ Bellaspira acclivicosta McLean & L. Poorman, 1970. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
^ Bellaspira clarionensis McLean & L. Poorman, 1970. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
^ Bellaspira grippi (Dall, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
^ Bellaspira margaritensis McLean & L. Poorman, 1970. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
^ Bellaspira melea Dall, 1919. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
^ Bellaspira pentagonalis (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
^ Bellaspira brunnescens (Rehder, 1943). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
^ Bellaspira grimaldii (Dautzenberg, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
^ Bellaspira rigida (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.

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