Range: 77°N to 42°N; 118°W to 0°W Depth: 3 to 2011 m (live 3 to 150 m) Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Synonymy
Buccinum pyramidale Ström, 1788 Mangelia pyramidalis (Ström, 1788) Pleurotoma pyramidalis (Ström, 1788) Tritonium pyramidalis (Ström, 1788) Bela pyramidalis (Ström, 1788) Fusus rufus auct. non Montagu, 1803 Fusus albus Brown, 1827 Bela pleurotomaria (Couthouy, 1838) Mangelia pleurotomaria (Couthouy, 1838) Fusus pleurotomarius Couthouy, 1838 Defrancia vahlii Möller, 1842 Pleurotoma jenisseensis Leche, 1878 Pleurotoma laevior Leche, 1878 Bela semiplicata G. O. Sars, 1878 Bela simplicata Koehler, 1896 Bela valdeplicosa Posselt & Jensen, 1898
Details
Buccinum pyramidaleStröm, 1788, p. 297, fig. 22 [not published?] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Norway Range: 77°N to 42°N; 118°W to 0°W Depth: 3 to 707 m (live 3 to 150 m) Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Baffin Island, Labrador, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec; USA: Massachusetts References: M. Sars (1851); Stimpson (1851c); Thorson (1941) d; Thorson (1944) LN; Macpherson (1971) DlEWM{LN} Comments: Non Gmelin, 1791. Combining Genera: Bela Mangelia Pleurotoma Tritonium
Fusus albusBrown, 1827, pl. 48, fig. 62 [Synonym] Type Locality: Dunbar References: fide Maes
Pleurotoma pyramidalis var. jenisseensisLeche, 1878, p. 56, pl. 1, fig. 17 [Synonym] Type Locality: Novaya Zemlya References: Bogdanov (1990) s Comments: Described as a fossil.
Pleurotoma pyramidalis var. laeviorLeche, 1878, p. 55, [Wood (1872) pl. 7, fig. 22] [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Several localities
Oenopota pleurotomaris sic, [Not available] Comments: Error for pleurotomarius by Turgeon et al. (1988).
Fusus pleurotomariusCouthouy, 1838, p. 107-108, pl. 1, fig. 9 [Synonym] Type Locality: Near Lynn, Massachusetts Bay (ex pisces) Range: 52°N to 42.5°N; 70.8°W to 64°W Depth: 27 to 466 m Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm Distribution: Canada: Labrador, Nova Scotia; USA: Maine, Massachusetts References: Couthouy (1838) SWM; Verrill (1882a) DdN; Bogdanov (1990) s Combining Genera: Bela Mangelia
Fusus rufus auct. non Montagu, 1803, [Not available] Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm References: Gould (1841) M; A. E. Verrill (1873b) s; Bogdanov (1990) s Comments: Misidentification by Gould (1841:290).
Bela pyramidalis var. semiplicataG. O. Sars, 1878, p. 222-223, pl. 16, fig. 4 [Synonym] Type Locality: Vadso References: Bogdanov (1990) s
Bela simplicata Koehler, 1896, [Synonym] References: Bogdanov (1990) s Comments: Non Locard (1895).
Defrancia vahliiMöller, 1842a, p. 86 [Synonym] Attributed to: Beck Type Locality: [West] Greenland Range: 70.88°N to 60.72°N; 55.45°W to 45°W Depth: 5 to 2011 m Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland References: Möller (1842a) M; A. E. Verrill (1873) s (of pleurotomarius; Posselt & Jensen (1899) DdNSEW; Bogdanov (1990) s; Schiötte & Warén (1992) {Dd}
Bela pyramidalis var. valdeplicosaPosselt & Jensen, 1898, p. 162 [Synonym] Type Locality: West Greenland: Skinderhvalen, 10 fathoms; Godthaab, 72 fathoms; Skalbund, 100 fathoms Range: 64.18°N to 63.75°N; 42°W Depth: 18 to 183 m Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) DdNSEW
Partial List of References
Brown, T. 1827. Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland [vi] + v, 52 pls. W. H. Lizars, D. Lizars and S. Highley: London. [True date: post 25 Nov.] 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.] 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.] Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97. 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. 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. Ström, H. 1788. Beskrivelse over Norske Insecter, femte Styffe Nye Samling af det Kongelige Danske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrivter 3 264-300.
