''Belalora'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Mangeliidae
Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
Bouchet, P. (2011). Mangeliidae P. Fischer, 1883. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Regis ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Belalora'' include:
* ''
Belalora cunninghami''
(E. A. Smith, 1881)
* ''
Belalora striatula
''Belalora striatula'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the South Shetland Islands and the Peng ...
''
(Thiele, 1912)
* ''
Belalora weirichi''
(Engl, 2008)
;Speciesq brought into synonymy:
* ''Belalora thielei''
Powell, 1951:
synonym of ''
Oenopota cunninghami
''Oenopota cunninghami'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 10 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs off the Falkland Islands, Ar ...
''
(Smith, E.A., 1881)
References
External links
Powell A. W. B. (1951). Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda. Discovery Reports, 26: 47-196, pl. 5-10*
Kantor Y.I., Harasewych M.G. & Puillandre N. (2016). A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36(3): 153-206
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