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Bela varovtsiana

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Bela varovtsiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species:
B. varovtsiana
Binomial name
Bela varovtsiana
Scarpioni et al. 2016

Bela varovtsiana is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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Fossils of this species have been found in Miocene strata in Ukraine; age range: 13.65 to 11.608 Ma

References

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  1. ^ D. Scarpioni, G. Dellabella, B. Dell’Angelo, J.W. Huntley, and M. Sosso. 2016. Middle Miocene conoidean gastropods from western Ukraine (Paratethys): Integrative taxonomy, palaeo-climatogical and palaeobiogeographical implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61(2):327-344