Deep-Sea taxon details
Belomitra challengeri (E. A. Smith, 1891)
703785 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:703785)
accepted
Species
Pleurotoma challengeri E. A. Smith, 1891 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Smith, E. A. (1891). Descriptions of new species of shells from the "<i>Challenger</i>" expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1891): 436-445, pls 34-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31940608
page(s): 438. pl. 34, fig. 7. [details]
page(s): 438. pl. 34, fig. 7. [details]
Note 8 syntypes (all dd), NHMUK 1889.10.12.1–8
Type material 8 syntypes (all dd), NHMUK 1889.10.12.1–8 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Belomitra challengeri (E. A. Smith, 1891). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=703785 on 2025-05-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Belomitra challengeri (E. A. Smith, 1891). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=703785 on 2025-05-06
original description
(of ) Smith, E. A. (1891). Descriptions of new species of shells from the "<i>Challenger</i>" expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1891): 436-445, pls 34-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31940608
page(s): 438. pl. 34, fig. 7. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
new combination reference Kantor Yu.I., Puillandre N., Rivasseau A. & Bouchet P. (2012) Neither a buccinid nor a turrid: A new family of deep-sea snails for <i>Belomitra</i> P. Fischer, 1883 (Mollusca, Neogastropoda), with a review of Recent Indo-Pacific species. <i>Zootaxa</i> 3496: 1–64. [25 September 2012], available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03496p064f.pdf [details]
page(s): 438. pl. 34, fig. 7. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
new combination reference Kantor Yu.I., Puillandre N., Rivasseau A. & Bouchet P. (2012) Neither a buccinid nor a turrid: A new family of deep-sea snails for <i>Belomitra</i> P. Fischer, 1883 (Mollusca, Neogastropoda), with a review of Recent Indo-Pacific species. <i>Zootaxa</i> 3496: 1–64. [25 September 2012], available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03496p064f.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type material 8 syntypes (all dd), NHMUK 1889.10.12.1–8 [details]
