Bellaspira

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| taxon = Bellaspira

| image = Bellaspira acclivicosta 001.jpg

| image_caption = Apertural view of Bellaspira acclivicosta

| authority =Conrad, 1868

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| type_species = † Mangelia virginiana Conrad, 1862

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

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Bellaspira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.{{WRMS species|153902|Bellaspira Conrad, 1868||13 April 2010}}{{cite journal |author1=P. Bouchet |author2=Yu. I. Kantor |author3=A. Sysoev |author4=N. Puillandre |year=2011 |title=A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda) |journal=Journal of Molluscan Studies |volume=77 |issue=3 |pages=273–308 |doi=10.1093/mollus/eyr017|doi-access=free }}

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.[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]

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{{WRMS species|433125|Bellaspira acclivicosta McLean & L. Poorman, 1970||13 April 2010}}
Bellaspira amplicostata Fallon, 2016
Bellaspira aurantiaca Fallon, 2016
Bellaspira barbadensis Fallon, 2016
Bellaspira clarionensis McLean & L. Poorman, 1970{{WRMS species|433126|Bellaspira clarionensis McLean & L. Poorman, 1970||13 April 2010}}
Bellaspira grippi (Dall, 1908){{WRMS species|433128|Bellaspira grippi (Dall, 1908)||13 April 2010}}
Bellaspira hannyae (De Jong & Coomans, 1988)
Bellaspira margaritensis McLean & L. Poorman, 1970{{WRMS species|433129|Bellaspira margaritensis McLean & L. Poorman, 1970||13 April 2010}}
Bellaspira melea Dall, 1919{{WRMS species|433130|Bellaspira melea Dall, 1919||13 April 2010}}
Bellaspira minutissima Fallon, 2016
Bellaspira pentagonalis (Dall, 1889){{WRMS species|420289|Bellaspira pentagonalis (Dall, 1889)||13 April 2010}}
Bellaspira rosea Fallon, 2016
Bellaspira stahlschmidti Fallon, 2016
Bellaspira tricolor Fallon, 2016
† Bellaspira virginiana (Conrad, 1862)

;Species brought into synonymy:

Bellaspira brunnescens (Rehder, 1943):{{WRMS species|435262|Bellaspira brunnescens (Rehder, 1943)||13 April 2010}} synonym of Fenimorea moseri (Dall, 1889)
Bellaspira grimaldii (Dautzenberg, 1889):{{WRMS species|433127|Bellaspira grimaldii (Dautzenberg, 1889)||13 April 2010}} synonym of Amphissa acutecostata (Philippi, 1844)
Bellaspira pentapleura Schwengel, 1940: synonym of Bellaspira pentagonalis (Dall, 1889)
Bellaspira rigida (Reeve, 1846):{{WRMS species|433131|Bellaspira rigida (Reeve, 1846)||13 April 2010}} 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

[https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/16313/1/USNMP-87_3070_1939.pdf Bartsch, Paul, and Harald A. Rehder. "New turritid mollusks from Florida." Proceedings of the United States National Museum (1939).]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160629120208/http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS189.pdf 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

[http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/PDFFamily/DRILLIIDAE.pdf WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: family Drilliidae]

Category:Drilliidae