Bela fuscata
Appearance
Bela fuscata | |
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Shell of Bela fuscata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Bela |
Species: | B. fuscata
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Binomial name | |
Bela fuscata (Deshayes, 1835)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Bela fuscata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Distribution
This species is found in European waters off the British Isles and Spain; other specimens were found in the Adriatic Sea and in the Aegean Sea.
Fossil specimens were found in Pleistocene strata in Italy.
References
- ^ a b Bela fuscata (Deshayes, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
External links
- Deshayes, G. P., 1835. Mollusques. Pp. 81-203, pl. 18-26, in Bory de Saint-Vincent J.B.G.M. (ed.), Expédition scientifique de Morée. Section des Sciences Physiques. Tome III. 1ere Partie. Zoologie. Première Section. Animaux vertébrés, Mollusques et Polypiers. Levrault, Paris
- Della Bella G., Naldi F. & Scarponi D. (2015). Molluschi marini del Plio-Pleistocene dell'Emilia-Romagna e della Toscana - Superfamiglia Conoidea, vol. 4, Mangeliidae II. Lavori della Società Italiana di Malacologia. 26: 1-80
- "Bela fuscata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- MNHN, Paris: Bela fuscata
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