Author: Giglioli, 1883
Remark: Type species of genus
Comments: Depth range from 30-500 m (Ref. 6526) and from 460-569 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504).  The food of <i>Bellottia apoda</i> appears to be a mixture of planktonic and benthic preys (Ref. 13359).  Viviparous (Ref. 6526).  Uncommon species (Ref. 34024), but it is not so rare as it seemed in the Adriatic Sea (Ref. 13359).