Range: 75°N to 44°N; 70.5°W to 0°W Depth: 11 to 1102 m (live 11 to 400 m) Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Synonymy
Oenopota turricula auct. non Montagu, 1803 Pleurotomina nobilis (Möller, 1842) Oenopota nobilis (Möller, 1842) Bela nobilis (Möller, 1842) Defrancia nobilis Möller, 1842 Lora nobilis (Möller, 1842) Defrancia lactea Reeve, 1846 Pleurotoma molleri Reeve, 1846 Bela rugulata auct. non Reeve, 1846 Rhodopetoma erosa auct. non Schrenk, 1867 Turritoma candida auct. non Yokoyama, 1926 Bela brevispira Loyning, 1931 Turritoma venusta auct. non Okutani, 1964
Details
Defrancia nobilisMöller, 1842a, p. 85 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: [West] Greenland [Frederikshaab or Igaliko; see Schiötte & Warén (1992)] Range: 75°N to 44°N; 70.5°W to 0°W Depth: 11 to 1102 m (live 11 to 400 m) Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Labrador; USA: Maine References: Möller (1842a) {M}; Posselt & Jensen (1899) NM; Thorson (1944) dLl{N}; Bousfield (1964) {d}; Rex & Warén (1982) DW; Schiötte & Warén (1992) {N} Combining Genera: Bela Lora Oenopota Pleurotomina
Bela brevispira Loyning, 1931, [Synonym] References: Bogdanov (1990) s
Turritoma candida auct. non Yokoyama, 1926, [Not available] References: Bogdanov & Ito (1992) s Comments: Misidentification by Ito et al. (1986).
Rhodopetoma erosa auct. non Schrenk, 1867, [Not available] References: Bogdanov & Ito (1992) s Comments: Misidentification by Ito (1967).
Defrancia lacteaReeve, 1846a, p. species 324 [Not available; synonymy uncertain] Attributed to: Möller Type Locality: Greenland Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland References: Schiötte & Warén (1992) s? Comments: Name introduced in synonymy of Pleurotoma molleri.
Pleurotoma molleriReeve, 1846a, pl. 35, fig. 324 [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Greenland Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland References: Schiötte & Warén (1992) s? Comments: As mölleri in Reeve's index.
Bela rugulata auct. non Reeve, 1846, [Not available] References: Thorson (1941) s Comments: Misidentification by Troschel (1866).
Oenopota turricula auct. non Montagu, 1803, [Not available] References: Bogdanov (1990) s Comments: Misidentification by Petrov (1982).
Turritoma venusta auct. non Okutani, 1964, [Not available] References: Bogdanov & Ito (1992) s Comments: Misidentification by Ito (1985).
Partial List of References
Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97. Reeve, L. 1846. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma Conchologia Iconica 1 pls. 34-40