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.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
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
External links
WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: family Drilliidae