Belomitra aikeni ( Lussi, 2011 ) Kantor & Puillandre & Rivasseau & Bouchet, 2012

Kantor, Yuri I., Puillandre, Nicolas, Rivasseau, Audrey & Bouchet, Philippe, 2012, 3496, Zootaxa 3496, pp. 1-64 : 13-14

publication ID	044B03F7-7E1E-4121-80B3-0AB5D43C3A2B
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persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/19465B7C-FF9D-FF8C-FF4D-F969FE34BB48
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Belomitra aikeni ( Lussi, 2011 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Belomitra aikeni ( Lussi, 2011) View in CoL comb. nov.

Figures 3H–I, 5

Fusivoluta sp. — Aiken 2010: 333.

Fusivoluta aikeni Lussi, 2011: 12 , textfigs.

Type material: holotype NMSA W7553 About NMSA / T2643 ; paratype NMSA W7628 About NMSA / T2645 ; 2 additional paratypes in private collection.

Type locality: South Africa, off Durban , 300 m. [ Aiken (2010) however said the specimen that later became the holotype had been "trawled north of Durban in 150–300 m "] ( Fig. 5) .

Remarks: The holotype is very worn and rather unrecognizable as a Belomitra , but was probably chosen as the holotype because it is a complete shell with a protoconch; by contrast, paratype 1 has a broken apex, but it is in much better condition and shows a sharp sculpture typical of Belomitra , with the characteristic subsutural ramp. The two specimens come from the same general area off Durban, and their direct examination has convinced us that they are conspecific.