Besla
Encyclopedia
Besla is a small genus
of very small sea snail
s, pyramidellid
gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae
withon the tribe Chrysallidini (sensu taxonomy by Bouchet & Roctroi, 2005).
sensu lato, they are most likely to be ectoparasites.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of very small sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, pyramidellid
Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs....
gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs....
withon the tribe Chrysallidini (sensu taxonomy by Bouchet & Roctroi, 2005).
Life habits
Nothing is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the PyramidellidaePyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs....
sensu lato, they are most likely to be ectoparasites.
Species
Species within the genus Besla include:- Besla convexa (Carpenter, 1857) - type species, as Odostomia (Chrysallida) convexa)
- Besla articulata (Hedley, 1909)
- Besla cossmanni Hornung & Mermod, 1924
- Besla dheeradilokiBesla dheeradilokiBesla dheeradiloki is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:*...
Robba, Di Geronimo, Chaimanee, Negri & Sanfilippo, 2003 - Besla insularis (Oliver, 1915)
- Besla joae (Saurin, 1961)
- Besla ranae (Saurin, 1961)
- Besla reamensis (Saurin, 1961)
- Besla rossiana Laws, 1941
- Besla subrugata (Powell, 1927)
- Besla vaga Laws, 1941
- Besla waitangiensis Laws, 1941