Belomitra climacella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Belomitridae.[1] It is only known from the original type lot collected in 1891 off the Hawaiian islands. Conchologically, it is quite distinct from other known tropical Indo-Pacific Belomitra. It does, however, strongly resemble the Belomitra aoteana, found in New Zealand.[2]
| Belomitra climacella | |
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| Shell of Belomitra climacella (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Belomitridae |
| Genus: | Belomitra |
| Species: | B. climacella |
| Binomial name | |
| Belomitra climacella (Dall, 1895) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Zealand and off Oahu Island, Hawaii at a depth of 642 m.
References
edit- 1 2 Belomitra climacella (Dall, 1895). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 November 2010.
- ↑ KANTOR, Y. I., PUILLANDRE, N., RIVASSEAU, A., BOUCHET, P. (25 September 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). Magnolia Press. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3496.1.1.
- Dall (1895), Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 17(1032): 679, pl. 31, fig. 14
- Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985a) Mollusca Gastropoda: taxonomical notes on tropical deep water Buccinidae with descriptions of new taxa. Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, série A, Zoologie, 133, 457–499, 18 pls.
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