Range: 82°N to 41°N; 125°W to 0°W Depth: 0 to 640 m (live 0 to 70 m) Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Synonymy
Bela bicarinata (Couthouy, 1838) Pleurotoma bicarinata Couthouy, 1838 Defrancia beckii Möller, 1842 Defrancia cylindracea Möller, 1842 Tritonium cylindracea (Möller, 1842) Oenopota cylindracea (Möller, 1842) Defrancia livida Möller, 1842 Oenopota violacea (Mighels & Adams, 1842) Bela violacea (Mighels & Adams, 1842) Pleurotoma violacea Mighels & Adams, 1842 Mangelia violacea (Mighels & Adams, 1842) Pleurotoma ventricosa Mörch, 1857 Pleurotoma brevis Leche, 1878 Bela laevior G. O. Sars, 1878 Bela rufescens G. O. Sars, 1878 Bela geminolineata Friele, 1879 Bela exserta Aurivillius, 1885 Bela nodulosa Krause, 1886 Bela minuscularia Locard, 1897
Details
Pleurotoma violaceaMighels & Adams, 1842, p. 51, pl. 4, fig. 21 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Casco Bay, Maine Range: 77°N to 41.3°N; 71°W to 0°W Depth: 0 to 640 m (live 5 to 60 m) Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Labrador Strait, Newfoundland; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut References: Mighels & Adams (1842) d; Stimpson (1851c) {d}W; Posselt & Jensen (1899) DM; Thorson (1944) {D}LlN; Procter (1933) S; Bogdanov (1990) c Comments: Non Hinds, 1843. Combining Genera: Bela Mangelia Oenopota
Defrancia beckiiMöller, 1842a, p. 87 [Synonym] Type Locality: [West] Greenland Range: 72.88°N to 60.72°N; 56°W to 52°W Depth: 9 to 366 m Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland References: Möller (1842a) M; Posselt & Jensen (1899) DNSEW; Bogdanov (1990) s; Schiötte & Warén (1992) {D}d
Pleurotoma bicarinataCouthouy, 1838, p. 104-105, pl. 1, fig. 11 [Synonym] Type Locality: About three miles east of Nahant, Massachusetts Bay (ex pisces) Range: 82°N to 41°N; 125°W to 0°W Depth: 0 to 457 m (live 0 to 70 m) Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Labrador, Quebec, Nova Scotia; USA: Massachusetts, New York References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) D; Macpherson (1971) dLlNEW; Bouchet & Warén (1980) s Comments: Non Wood, 1828. Combining Genera: Bela
Pleurotoma violacea var. brevisLeche, 1878, p. 56 [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Several localities Range: 77°N to 60.5°N; 43°W to 0°W Depth: 3 to 18 m (live 3 to 18 m) Maximum Reported Size: 10.4 mm Distribution: Greenland: East Greenland References: Thorson (1944) DdLlNSWM
Defrancia cylindraceaMöller, 1842a, p. 86 [Synonym] Type Locality: [West] Greenland Range: 77°N to 60.5°N; 50°W to 24°W Depth: 5 to 183 m (live 5 to 50 m) Maximum Reported Size: 14.1 mm Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland References: M. Sars (1851); Posselt & Jensen (1899) D; Thorson (1944) dLlNSEM; Bogdanov (1990) s; Schiötte & Warén (1992) {Dd} Combining Genera: Oenopota Tritonium
Bela exserta Aurivillius, 1885, [Synonym]
Pleurotoma (Bela) bicarinata var. geminolineataFriele, 1879, p. 277 [Synonym] Type Locality: Adventbay, Spitzbergen, 5 fathoms References: Bogdanov (1990) s
Bela violacea var. laeviorG. O. Sars, 1878, p. 239, pl. 17, fig. 3 [Synonym] Type Locality: Vadso/ References: Bogdanov (1990) s
Defrancia lividaMöller, 1842a, p. 87 [Synonym] Type Locality: [West] Greenland [Godthaab or Frederikshaab; see Schiötte & Warén (1992)] Range: 64°N to 62°N; 52°W to 50°W Depth: 73 to 91 m Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland References: Möller (1842a) M; Bogdanov & Ito (1992) s; Schiötte & Warén (1992) DdNSEW
Bela minusculariaLocard, 1897b, p. 259-261, pl. 12, fig. 28-30 [Synonym] Type Locality: Travailleur, 1881, dragage 1, 2018 m, a l'Ouest du Cap Finistère Maximum Reported Size: 4.25 mm References: Locard (1897b) M; Bogdanov (1990) s
Bela nodulosa Krause, 1886, [Synonym] References: Bogdanov (1990) s
Bela bicarinata var. rufescensG. O. Sars, 1878, p. 238, pl. 16, fig. 11 [Synonym] Type Locality: Christianiafjorden til Vadso/ References: Bogdanov (1990) s
Pleurotoma (Oenopota) violacea var. ventricosaMörch, 1857b, p. 83 [Synonym] Type Locality: [West] Greenland Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland References: Schiötte & Warén (1992) s Comments: Based on Defrancia beckii Möller.
Partial List of References
Couthouy, J. P. 1838. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several polypi found in Massachusetts Bay Boston Journal of Natural History 2 53-111, pls. 1-3. [Stated date: -- Feb 1838.] Friele, H. 1879. Catalog der auf der norwegischen Nordmeer-expedition bei Spitzbergen gefundenen Mollusken Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 6 264-286. Leche, W. 1878. Öfversigt öfver de af Svenska Expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 Insamlade: Hafs-Mollusker Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (2)16(2) 1-86, pls. 1-2. [Stated date: 12 Mar 1878.] Locard, A. 1897. Mollusques Testacés, tome premier Expéditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman vi + 516, 22 pls. Masson: Paris. Mighels, J. W. and C. B. Adams. 1842. Descriptions of twenty-four species of the shells of New England Boston Journal of Natural History 4 37-54, pl. 4. [Stated date: -- Jan 1842.] Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97. Mörch, O. A. L. 1857. Fortegnelse over Gro/nlands Blo/ddyr Gro/nland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet 2 75-100 Commission hos Universitetsboghandler: Kjo/benhavn. [Stated date: 08 Apr 1857.] Sars, G. O. 1878. Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges Artktische Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Articae Norvegiae xvi + 466 pp., 1 map, pls. 1-34, I-XVIII. Bro/gger: Christiania.
