Bela nebula

Bela nebula
Bela nebula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae [1]
Genus: Bela
Species: B. nebula
Binomial name
Bela nebula
(Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms[2]
  • Bela aegeensis (Reeve, 1844) [3]
  • Bela ginniana (Risso, 1826) [3]
  • Bela nebula vittata Norman, A.M., 1899
  • Bela septenvillei (Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913)
  • Fusus discrepans Brown, C.T., 1827
  • Fusus pyramidatus Brown, C.T., 1827
  • Mangelia (Bela) nebula (Montagu)
  • Murex nebula Montagu, 1803
  • Pleurotoma nigra Potiez, V.L.V., 1838
  • Pleurotoma metcalfei Petit de la Saussaye, S., 1869
  • Raphitoma affine Locard, E.A.A., 1891

Bela nebula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2] It is the type species of the genus Bela.

Description

The shell size varies between 7 mm and 14 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in European waters along Belgium and the British Isles, in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean along Norway, in the Atlantic Ocean along Spain, Portugal, the Azores and Madeira and in the Mediterranean Sea

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