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Bellaspira

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Taxonomy
Bellaspira was named by Conrad (1868) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u-l R]. It is extant. Its type is Mangelia virginiana.

It was assigned to Turrinae by Woodring (1928); to Turridae by Gardner (1948), Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Mangeliinae by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010); and to Drilliidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Species
B. margaritensis, B. niaddrina, B. pentagonalis, B. virginiana
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. septangularis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Bellaspira Conrad p. 261
1928Bellaspira Woodring p. 162
1948Bellaspira Gardner p. 271
2001Bellaspira Todd
2002Bellaspira Sepkoski
2010Bellaspira Landau and Marques da Silva p. 112
2011Bellaspira Bouchet et al. p. 286

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyDrilliidae(Olsson 1964)
genusBellaspiraConrad 1868

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Bellaspira Conrad 1868
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Bellaspira margaritensis McLean and Poorman 1970
†Bellaspira niaddrina Mansfield 1925
†Bellaspira virginiana Conrad 1862
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Calabrian or 15.98000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago Drillia niaddrina (74921)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) B. sp. (42146)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela B. margaritensis (131210) B. niaddrina (111011)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica B. sp. (58522)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy B. septangularis (78312)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) B. sp. (79844)