Bela belgica

Bela belgica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species:
B. belgica
Binomial name
Bela belgica
(Van Regteren Altena, 1959)
Synonyms
  • † Mangelia (Bela) belgica Van Regteren Altena, 1959

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 4.6 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in the Pliocene strata in Belgium.

References

  1. ^ R. Marquet, The Pliocene turrid gastropods of Belgium. Part 1: Drilliidae, Turridae, Conidae (genus Bela); BULLETIN VAN HET KONINKLIJK BELGISCH INSTITUUT VOOR NATUURWETENSCHAPPEN, AARDWETENSCHAPPEN. 67: 119-151. 1997
  • Van Regteren Altena CO., 1959. Notes on Turridae from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Netherlands. Basteria, 2 3 (1-2): 31-32.


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