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Taxonomy
Family:
BELOMITRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Belomitridae (Family)
> Belomitra (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bathyclionella Kobelt, 1905
=Cryptomitra Dall, 1924
=Dellina Beu, 1970
=Morrisonella Bartsch, 1945
=Pleurobela Monterosato [in Locard], 1897
Synonymised Names:
=Itia benthicola Dell, 1962
=Mitrithara benthicola (Dell, 1962)
=Mitromorpha benthicola (Dell, 1962)
Images: Belomitra benthicola (Dell, 1962)
Holotype, collected 23 Jan 1957, NE of Otago Peninsula, Taiaroa Canyon, NZ (M.015010). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
BELOMITRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Belomitridae (Family)
> Belomitra (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bathyclionella Kobelt, 1905
=Cryptomitra Dall, 1924
=Dellina Beu, 1970
=Morrisonella Bartsch, 1945
=Pleurobela Monterosato [in Locard], 1897
Synonymised Names:
=Itia benthicola Dell, 1962
=Mitrithara benthicola (Dell, 1962)
=Mitromorpha benthicola (Dell, 1962)
Details: Belomitra benthicola (Dell, 1962)
Size/Grows to:
Height 6mm, Width 2.8mm
Distribution:
South-eastern South Island, from 549-620m
Type Data:
  • 550 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, NE of Otago Peninsula, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.236)
  • Dell, R.K. 1962 Additional archibenthal Mollusca from New Zealand, Records of the Dominion Museum, 4(6) (p.72) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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