Bellaspira

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title: "Bellaspira" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bellaspira", "drilliidae"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/bellaspira" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellaspira" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| taxon = Bellaspira | image = Bellaspira acclivicosta 001.jpg | image_caption = Apertural view of Bellaspira acclivicosta | authority =Conrad, 1868 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = | type_species = † Mangelia virginiana Conrad, 1862 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | display_parents = 3

Bellaspira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.

Description

(Original description) The shell is subfusiform and is longitudinally ribbed. The siphonal canal is very short. The simple outer lip is obsoletely, widely notched and curved outwards. The lip is reflexed and entire. The columella is straight.

Distribution

The species in this genus are found in the Caribbean Sea and in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Species

Species within the genus Bellaspira include:

• Bellaspira acclivicosta McLean & L. Poorman, 1970
• Bellaspira amplicostata Fallon, 2016
• Bellaspira aurantiaca Fallon, 2016
• Bellaspira barbadensis Fallon, 2016
• Bellaspira clarionensis McLean & L. Poorman, 1970
• Bellaspira grippi (Dall, 1908)
• Bellaspira hannyae (De Jong & Coomans, 1988)
• Bellaspira margaritensis McLean & L. Poorman, 1970
• Bellaspira melea Dall, 1919
• Bellaspira minutissima Fallon, 2016
• Bellaspira pentagonalis (Dall, 1889)
• Bellaspira rosea Fallon, 2016
• Bellaspira stahlschmidti Fallon, 2016
• Bellaspira tricolor Fallon, 2016
• † Bellaspira virginiana (Conrad, 1862) ;Species brought into synonymy:
• Bellaspira brunnescens (Rehder, 1943): synonym of Fenimorea moseri (Dall, 1889)
• Bellaspira grimaldii (Dautzenberg, 1889): synonym of Amphissa acutecostata (Philippi, 1844)
• Bellaspira pentapleura Schwengel, 1940: synonym of Bellaspira pentagonalis (Dall, 1889)
• Bellaspira rigida (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Haedropleura septangularis (Montagu, 1803)
• Bellaspira rufa (Montagu, 1803): synonym of * Propebela rufa* (Montagu, 1803)
• Bellaspira septangularis (Montagu, 1803) synonym of Haedropleura septangularis (Montagu, 1803)

References

• Bartsch, Paul, and Harald A. Rehder. "New turritid mollusks from Florida." Proceedings of the United States National Museum (1939).
• McLean, James H., and Leroy H. Poorman. Reinstatement of the turrid genus Bellaspira Conrad, 1868 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a review of the known species. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, 1970

References

1. {{WRMS species. 153902. ''Bellaspira'' Conrad, 1868. 13 April 2010
2. (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". [[Journal of Molluscan Studies]].
3. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30579#page/411/mode/1up Conrad, T.A. (1868) ''Descriptions of new genera and species of Miocene shells, with notes on other fossil and Recent species''. American Journal of Conchology, 3, 257–270, pls. 19–24 page(s): 261]
4. {{WRMS species. 433125. ''Bellaspira acclivicosta'' McLean & L. Poorman, 1970. 13 April 2010
5. {{WRMS species. 433126. ''Bellaspira clarionensis'' McLean & L. Poorman, 1970. 13 April 2010
6. {{WRMS species. 433128. ''Bellaspira grippi'' (Dall, 1908). 13 April 2010
7. {{WRMS species. 433129. ''Bellaspira margaritensis'' McLean & L. Poorman, 1970. 13 April 2010
8. {{WRMS species. 433130. ''Bellaspira melea'' Dall, 1919. 13 April 2010
9. {{WRMS species. 420289. ''Bellaspira pentagonalis'' (Dall, 1889). 13 April 2010
10. {{WRMS species. 435262. ''Bellaspira brunnescens'' (Rehder, 1943). 13 April 2010
11. {{WRMS species. 433127. ''Bellaspira grimaldii'' (Dautzenberg, 1889). 13 April 2010
12. {{WRMS species. 433131. ''Bellaspira rigida'' (Reeve, 1846). 13 April 2010

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