Range: 40.35°N to 39.73°N; 71.22°W to 0°W Depth: 478 to 2359 m (live 478 to 2022 m) Maximum Reported Size: 5.5 mm
Synonymy
Pleurotoma ovalis Friele, 1877 Bela pygmaea A. E. Verrill, 1882 Propebela pygmaea (A. E. Verrill, 1882) Mangelia pygmaea (A. E. Verrill, 1882) Pleurotoma exigua Jeffreys, 1883 Bela attenuata Locard, 1896
Details
Pleurotoma (Bela) ovalisFriele, 1877, p. 9, fig. 5 (radula), 5a (operculum) [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition, sta. 40, 1180 fms.; sta. 35, 1050 fms.; sta. 87, 484 fms. Range: 40.35°N to 39.73°N; 70.92°W to 0°W Depth: 478 to 2022 m (live 478 to 2022 m) Maximum Reported Size: 4.6 mm Distribution: USA: Off Massachusetts, Off New Jersey; Eastern Atlantic: Iceland References: Friele (1877) M; Warén (1991) E; Clain & Rex (2000) DdLlNSW
Bela attenuata Locard, 1896, [Synonym] References: Bouchet & Warén (1980) s
Pleurotoma exiguaJeffreys, 1883b, p. 398, pl. 40, fig. 10 [Synonym] Type Locality: Triton sta. 13, 1882, 59°51'02", 8°18'W, 570 fms. Maximum Reported Size: 5.1 mm References: Jeffreys (1883b) M; Bogdanov (1990) s
Bela pygmaeaA. E. Verrill, 1882a, p. 460, pl. 57, fig. 8 [Synonym] Type Locality: USFC sta. 892, 894, 947 [Holotype from Sta. 892 fide Johnson (1989)] Range: 39.89°N to 39.77°N; 71.22°W to 70.98°W Depth: 583 to 2359 m Maximum Reported Size: 5.5 mm References: Verrill (1882a) dNSEWM; Bouchet & Warén (1980) s Combining Genera: Mangelia Propebela
Partial List of References
Friele, H. 1877. Preliminary report on Mollusca from the Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition in 1876 Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 23(3) 1-10, 1 pl. Jeffreys, J. G. 1883. On the Mollusca procured during the cruise of H.M.S. 'Triton' between the Hebrides and Faroes in 1882 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883 389-399, pl. 44. Verrill, A. E. 1882. Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5 451-587, pls. 42-44, 57-58.
