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Bela fuscata

Bela fuscata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

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Bela fuscata
Shell of Bela fuscata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species:
B. fuscata
Binomial name
Bela fuscata
(Deshayes, 1835)
Synonyms1
  • Bela formica F. Nordsieck, 1977 junior subjective synonym
  • Bela ginnania formica F. Nordsieck, 1977 junior subjective synonym
  • Drillia fuscata (Deshayes, 1835)
  • Ginnania fuscata (Deshayes, 1835) ·
  • Mangelia fuscata (Deshayes, 1835)
  • Pleurotoma fusca Calcara, 1839
  • Pleurotoma fuscata Deshayes, 1835 (basionym)
  • Pleurotoma ginnanianum Philippi, 1844

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

References

  1. Bela fuscata (Deshayes, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
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