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Bellaspira
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) and Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mangeliinae by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
It was assigned to Turrinae by Woodring (1928); to Turridae by Gardner (1948) and Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mangeliinae by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1868 | Bellaspira Conrad p. 261 |
| 1928 | Bellaspira Woodring p. 162 |
| 1948 | Bellaspira Gardner p. 271 |
| 2001 | Bellaspira Todd |
| 2002 | Bellaspira Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Bellaspira Landau and Marques da Silva p. 112 |
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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 pentagonalis Dall 1889
†Bellaspira virginiana Conrad 1862
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Miocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Drillia niaddrina (74921) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina (Chubut) | B. sp. (42146) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Jamaica | B. sp. (58522) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela | B. margaritensis (131210) B. niaddrina (111011) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy | B. septangularis (78312) | |
| Calabrian | Costa Rica (Limon) | B. sp. (79844) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | B. grippii (160361) |