WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Belalora A. W. B. Powell, 1951

AphiaID

196996 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196996)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Belalora thielei A. W. B. Powell, 1951 (type by original designation)

Parent

Mangeliidae P. Fischer, 1883

Original name

Belalora A. W. B. Powell, 1951

Direct children (4)

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Species Belalora cunninghami (E. A. Smith, 1881)
Species Belalora striatula (Thiele, 1912)
Species Belalora thielei A. W. B. Powell, 1951
Species Belalora weirichi (Engl, 2008)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Powell, A. W. B. (1951). Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda. Discovery Reports. 26: 47-196, pl. 5-10., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5632211
page(s): 171 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Belalora A. W. B. Powell, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196996 on 2025-05-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-02 13:46:13Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2006-09-06 06:55:51Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2009-12-02 08:40:23Z

changed

Tucker, John

2010-01-21 11:31:04Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2011-08-02 21:48:07Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2011-08-06 21:34:03Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-07-01 18:27:27Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-09-22 16:27:30Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Powell, A. W. B. (1951). Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda. Discovery Reports. 26: 47-196, pl. 5-10., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5632211
page(s): 171 [details]

basis of record Kantor Y.I., Harasewych M.G. & Puillandre N. (2016). A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36(3): 153-206., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2015.1128523 [details]

Other

additional source Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308., available online at http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full.pdf [details]

additional source Sánchez, N. C.; Aldea, C.; Pastorino, G. (2025). The conoidean genus Belalora Powell, 1951 (Gastropoda, Mangeliidae) under the magnifying glass: an exclusive inhabitant of Magellanic waters. Zoosystema. 47(8): 125-132., available online at https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/47/8 [details] Available for editors