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Belomitra climacella

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Belomitra climacella
Shell of Belomitra climacella (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Belomitridae
Genus: Belomitra
Species:
B. climacella
Binomial name
Belomitra climacella
(Dall, 1895)
Synonyms[1]
  • Antizafra aoteana Dell, 1956
  • Dellina aoteana (Dell, 1956)
  • Pleurotomella climacella Dall, 1895
  • Waipaoa aoteana (Dell, 1956)
  • Waipaoa munida Ponder, 1968

Belomitra climacella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Belomitridae.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Zealand and off Oahu Island, Hawaii at a depth of 642 m.

References

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  1. ^ a b Belomitra climacella (Dall, 1895). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 November 2010.
  • Dall (1895), Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 17(1032): 679, pl. 31, fig. 14
  • Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985a) Mollusca Gastropoda: taxonomical notes on tropical deep water Buccinidae with descriptions of new taxa. Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, série A, Zoologie, 133, 457–499, 18 pls.