Deep-Sea taxon details
Belomitra torquata (Barnard, 1963)
490762 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:490762)
accepted
Species
Prosipho torquatus Barnard, 1963 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Prosipho torquatus Barnard, 1963) Barnard K.H. (1963). Deep sea Mollusca from west of Cape Point, South Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 46(17): 407-452., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40867247 [details]
Type locality contained in South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean
type locality contained in South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Belomitra torquata (Barnard, 1963). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490762 on 2026-07-21
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Belomitra torquata (Barnard, 1963). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490762 on 2026-07-21
original description
(of Prosipho torquatus Barnard, 1963) Barnard K.H. (1963). Deep sea Mollusca from west of Cape Point, South Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 46(17): 407-452., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40867247 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source 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] Available for editors
new combination reference Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1986). Mollusca Gastropoda: Taxonomical notes on tropical deep water Buccinidae with descriptions of new taxa. <em>in: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM I et II Philippines (1976, 1980). Tome 2. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 133: 457-499., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57952981
page(s): 472, fig. 75 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source 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] Available for editors
new combination reference Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1986). Mollusca Gastropoda: Taxonomical notes on tropical deep water Buccinidae with descriptions of new taxa. <em>in: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM I et II Philippines (1976, 1980). Tome 2. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 133: 457-499., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57952981
page(s): 472, fig. 75 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
