Belomitra pourtalesii

Belomitra pourtalesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Belomitra
Species: B. pourtalesii
Binomial name
Belomitra pourtalesii
(Dall, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Drillia exsculpta R.B. Watson, 1882
  • Mangilia areia Dall, 1927
  • Pleurotoma exsculpta Watson, 1882
  • Pleurotoma pourtalesii Dall, 1881

Belomitra pourtalesii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; off the Lesser Antilles.

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