Range: 72°N to 70.5°N; 24°W to 0°W Depth: 2.5 to 20 m (live 5.5 to 20 m) Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Synonymy
Bela schantarica auct. non Middendorff, 1849 Pleurotoma simplex Middendorff, 1849 Oenopota simplex (Middendorff, 1849) Lora simplex (Middendorff, 1849) Bela laevigata Dall, 1871 Pleurotoma moerchi Leche, 1878
Details
Bela ? laevigataDall, 1871b, p. 98, pl. 16, fig. 7 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Norton Sound, Alaska Territory, at the Fort of St. Michael, 0 m Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm References: Dall (1871b) M; Bogdanov (1990) s Comments: As loevigata on the plate caption, p. 160.
Pleurotoma violacea var. mörchiLeche, 1878, p. 57, pl. 1, fig. 18 [Synonym] Type Locality: Sta. 72, 80, 99, 104 and 193 References: Bogdanov (1990) s
Bela schantarica auct. non Middendorff, 1849, [Not available] References: Bogdanov (1990) s Comments: Misidentification by Tryon (1884, part).
Pleurotoma simplexMiddendorff, 1849a, p. col. 19, [Middendorff 1851, pl. 12, figs. 15-16] [Synonym] Type Locality: littus meridionale mar. Ochot. Range: 72°N to 70.5°N; 24°W to 0°W Depth: 2.5 to 20 m (live 5.5 to 20 m) Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm Distribution: Greenland: East Greenland; Eastern Atlantic: Iceland References: Middendorff (1849a) M; Thorson (1944) DdLlNSEW; Bogdanov (1990) c Comments: Non Deshayes, 1834, nec Philippi, 1844. Combining Genera: Lora Oenopota
Partial List of References
Dall, W. H. 1871. Descriptions of sixty new forms of mollusks from the west coast of North America and the north Pacific Ocean, with notes on others already described American Journal of Conchology 7 93-160, pls. 13-16. [Stated date: 02 Nov 1871.] 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.] Middendorff, A. T. von. 1849. Vorläufige Anzeige einiger neuer Konchylien Russland's, aus den Geschlectern: Scalaria, Crepidula, Velutina, Trichotropis, Purpura und Pleurotoma Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 8 col. 17-19.
