Bela minuta
| Bela minuta | |
|---|---|
| |
| Drawing of a shell of Bela minuta | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Bela |
| Species: | B. minuta
|
| Binomial name | |
| Bela minuta (Reeve, 1844)
| |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
Bela minuta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
The name of this species is considered a nomen dubium
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 5 mm.
The reddish brown shell is strongly ribbed and distantly spirally striate.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Aegean Sea.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bela minuta (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Drillia minuta)
- van Aartsen J. J. (1988). Nomenclatural notes 7. Forbes' Aegean Turridae. Bollettino Malacologico 24 (5-8): 141-144