Range: 74.17°N to 41°N; 93°W to 0°W Depth: 14 to 3229 m (live 14 to 60 m) Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Synonymy
Pleurotoma decussata Couthouy, 1839 Curtitoma decussata (Couthouy, 1839) Bela decussata (Couthouy, 1839) Pleurotoma borealis Reeve, 1846 Pleurotoma willei Friele, 1877 Bela tenuicostata G. O. Sars, 1878 Mangelia tenuicostata (G. O. Sars, 1878) Propebela tenuicostata (G. O. Sars, 1878) Bela pusilla A. E. Verrill, 1882 Bela inflata Posselt & Jensen, 1898
Details
Pleurotoma decussataCouthouy, 1839, p. 183-184, pl. 4, fig. 8 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Off Barnstable, Cape Cod Range: 74.17°N to 41.8°N; 93°W to 20.13°W Depth: 14 to 137 m (live 14 to 40 m) Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Labrador; USA: Maine, Massachusetts References: Couthouy (1839) S; Thorson (1944) dlNEM; Macpherson (1971) LW{lNEM} Comments: Non Philippi, 1844. Combining Genera: Bela Curtitoma
Pleurotoma borealisReeve, 1846a, p. errata, [Reeve 1845a, pl. 31, fig. 277] [Synonym] Type Locality: Greenland Distribution: Greenland References: Tryon (1884) s
Bela decussata var. inflataPosselt & Jensen, 1898, p. 154, pl. 1, fig. 4 [Synonym] Type Locality: Goodthaab, West Greenland Range: 64.18°N ; 52°W Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) NSEWM
Bella decussata var. pusillaA. E. Verrill, 1882a, p. 481, [Johnson 1989, pl. 11, fig. 4] [Synonym] Type Locality: Casco Bay and Halifax harbor [Halifax harbor by lectotype designation of Johnson (1989)] Range: 44.5°N to 43.8°N; 70°W to 64°W Depth: 22 to 33 m Maximum Reported Size: 7.8 mm Distribution: Canada: Nova Scotia; USA: Maine References: Verrill (1882a) DdNSEW
Bela tenuicostataG. O. Sars, 1878, p. 237, pl. 17, fig. 1a-b [Synonym] Attributed to: M. Sars, 1868 Type Locality: Lofoten Range: 73°N to 41°N; 67°W to 0°W Depth: 18 to 2359 m (live 18 to 60 m) Maximum Reported Size: 9.9 mm Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; USA: Maine; Eastern Atlantic: Iceland References: Verrill (1882a) W; Thorson (1944) dLlNM; Bogdanov (1990) s Combining Genera: Mangelia Propebela
Pleurotoma (Bela) willeiFriele, 1877, p. 9, fig. 6 (operculum) [Synonym] Type Locality: Nowegian North Atlantic Expedition sta. 18, 400 fms.; sta. 40, 1180 fms. Range: 64°N to 41°N Depth: 1100 to 3229 m Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm References: Friele (1877) M; Bogdanov (1990) s
Partial List of References
Couthouy, J. P. 1839. Monograph on the family Osteodesmacea of Deshayes, with remarks on two species of Patelloidea, and descriptions of new species of marine shells, a species of Anculotus, and one of Eolis Boston Journal of Natural History 2 129-189, pl. 4. [Stated date: -- Feb 1839.] 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. Posselt, H. G. and A. S. Jensen. 1898. Gro/nlands brachiopoder og Blo/ddyr Meddelelser om Gro/nland 23 xix + 298 pp., 2 pls., 1 fold-out map. Reeve, L. 1846. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma Conchologia Iconica 1 pls. 34-40 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. 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.
