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Belalora Powell 1951

  • 1. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales " Bernardino Rivadavia ", Avenida Ángel Gallardo 470, 3 ° piso, lab. 57, C 1405 DJR, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  • 2. Centro de Investigación GAIA Antártica, Universidad de Magallanes, Avenida Bulnes 01855, Punta Arenas (Chile) and Departamento de Ciencias y Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Magallanes, Avenida Bulnes 01855, Punta Arenas (Chile)

Description

Genus Belalora Powell, 1951

Belalora Powell, 1951: 171.

TYPE SPECIES. Belalora thielei Powell, 1951, by original designation.

DIAGNOSIS. — Shell small (up to 10 mm), biconic; protoconch globose, paucispiral, of c. three whorls, a smooth tip, a whorl with spiral threads and a whorl of spirals crossing axial fine riblets. Spire long, half of total shell length. Teleoconch of convex whorls with concave subsutural ramp. Axial ornamentation of slightly oblique, rounded, ribs; spiral cords over entire surface. Aperture ovate-pyriform, narrow. Siphonal canal short and wide. Anal sinus deep on subsutural ramp. Fasciole bulging. Operculum oval with terminal nucleus. Radula of marginal semi-rolled teeth, with ligament present.

DISTRIBUTION. — Magellanic Region, 3.7-219 m depth.

Notes

Published as part of Sánchez, Noelia C., Aldea, Cristian & Pastorino, Guido, 2025, The conoidean genus Belalora Powell, 1951 (Gastropoda, Mangeliidae) under the magnifying glass: an exclusive inhabitant of Magellanic waters, pp. 125-132 in Zoosystema 47 (8) on page 126, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a8, http://zenodo.org/record/15056766

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Powell
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Neogastropoda
Family
Mangeliidae
Genus
Belalora
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Belalora Powell, 1951 sec. Sánchez, Aldea & Pastorino, 2025

References

  • POWELL A. W. B. 1951. - Antarctic and subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda. Discovery Reports 26: 1-196.