Biology:Bela fuscata

Short description: Species of gastropod

Bela fuscata
Shell of Bela fuscata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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)
Synonyms
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.

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.

External links

• Deshayes, G. P., 1835. Mollusques. Pp. 81-203, pl. 18-26, in Bory de Saint-Vincent J.B.G.M. (ed.), Expédition scientifique de Morée. Section des Sciences Physiques. Tome III. 1ere Partie. Zoologie. Première Section. Animaux vertébrés, Mollusques et Polypiers. Levrault, Paris
• Della Bella G., Naldi F. & Scarponi D. (2015). Molluschi marini del Plio-Pleistocene dell'Emilia-Romagna e della Toscana - Superfamiglia Conoidea, vol. 4, Mangeliidae II. Lavori della Società Italiana di Malacologia. 26: 1-80
• "Bela fuscata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_6084.shtml. 
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
• MNHN, Paris: Bela fuscata

Wikidata ☰ Q4881817 entry