Belomitridae

Belomitridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Belomitridae Kantor, Puillandre, Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012
Type genus
Belomitra P. Fischer, 1883
Genera
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The Belomitridae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks.

Genera

• Belomitra P. Fischer, 1883

Genera brought into synonymy

• Bathyclionella Kobelt, 1905: synonym of Belomitra P. Fischer, 1883 (junior subjective synonym)
• Cryptomitra Dall, 1924: synonym of Belomitra P. Fischer, 1883 (junior subjective synonym)
• Dellina Beu, 1970: synonym of Belomitra P. Fischer, 1883 (junior subjective synonym)
• Morrisonella Bartsch, 1945: synonym of Belomitra P. Fischer, 1883 (junior subjective synonym)
• Pleurobela Monterosato [in Locard], 1897: synonym of Belomitra P. Fischer, 1883

References

• Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1–2): 1-526

External links

• 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