''Belomitra'' is a

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of sea snails, marine gastropod

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s in the

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Belomitridae.

Species

Species within the genus ''Belomitra'' include: * '' Belomitra admete'' Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012 * '' Belomitra aikeni'' (Lussi, 2011) * '' Belomitra aoteana'' (Dell, 1956) * '' Belomitra bouteti'' Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012 * '' Belomitra brachymitra'' Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012 * '' Belomitra brachytoma'' (Schepman, 1913) * '' Belomitra caudata'' Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012 * '' Belomitra challengeri'' (E. A. Smith, 1891) * '' Belomitra chasmata'' (Dall, 1927) * '' Belomitra christina'' (Dall, 1927) * '' Belomitra climacella'' (Dall, 1895) * '' Belomitra comitas'' Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012 * '' Belomitra decapitata'' Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012 * '' Belomitra granulata'' Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012 * '' Belomitra gymnobela'' Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012 * '' Belomitra hypsomitra'' Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012 * '' Belomitra leobrerorum'' Poppe & Tagaro, 2010 * '' Belomitra minutula'' Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012 * '' Belomitra nesiotica'' Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012 * '' Belomitra pacifica'' (Dall, 1908) * '' Belomitra paschalis'' (Thiele, 1925) * '' Belomitra pourtalesii'' (Dall, 1881) * '' Belomitra problematica'' (Thiele, 1925) * '' Belomitra quadruplex'' (Watson, 1882) * '' Belomitra radula'' Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012 * '' Belomitra reticulata'' Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012 * '' Belomitra richardi'' (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906) * '' Belomitra subula'' Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012 * '' Belomitra torquata'' (Barnard, 1963) * '' Belomitra viridis'' (Okutani, 1966) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Belomitra fischeri'' Locard, 1897: synonym of ''Belomitra quadruplex'' (R. B. Watson, 1882) * ''Belomitra lyrata'' Locard, 1897: synonym of ''Belomitra quadruplex'' (R. B. Watson, 1882) * ''Belomitra paradoxa'' P. Fischer, 1883: synonym of ''Belomitra quadruplex'' (R. B. Watson, 1882) * ''Belomitra spelta'' Locard, 1897: synonym of ''Belomitra quadruplex'' (R. B. Watson, 1882)

References

* Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1985). ''Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda).'' Bollettino Malacologico Suppl. 1: 121-296 * Beu A.G. (1970). Bathyal Upper Miocene Mollusca from Wairarapa District, New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Earth Sciences. 7(12): 209-240

External links

Fischer P. (1882-1883). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques recueillis dans le cours des expéditions scientifiques de l'aviso "Le Travailleur" (1880 et 1881). Journal de Conchyliologie 30: 49-53 [1882
273-277]
Kantor Yu.I., Puillandre N., Rivasseau A. & Bouchet P. (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: 1–64

Kantor Yu.I., Puillandre N., Rivasseau A. & Bouchet P. (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: 1–64
Belomitridae Gastropod genera {{Caenogastropoda-stub