Belalora Powell 1951
Authors/Creators
- 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.
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Additional details
Identifiers
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.