Biology:Bela powisiana

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Bela powisiana
Bela powisiana 01.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species:
B. powisiana
Binomial name
Bela powisiana
(Dautzenberg, 1887)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela mingoranceae Martin Perez & Vera-Pelaez, 2006 (junior synonym)
  • Mangelia (Bela) powisiana (Dautzenberg)
  • Mangelia powisiana (Dautzenberg, 1887)
  • Mangilia ginnaniana Risso 1826, sensu Petit (1869).
  • Raphitoma powisiana Dautzenberg, 1887 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of tall, narrow shell attains 15 mm. It contains eight or nine whorls. The shell shows broad, orthocline ribs with a thickened rim at the sutures and crossed by fine, spiral striae. The aperture is narrow. The outer lip is not noticeably angular. The color of the shell varies from deep brown to purple with a broad brown band, interrupted over the ribs.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Alboran Sea;[2] in the Atlantic Ocean from Norway to the Bay of Biscay.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bela powisiana (Dautzenberg, 1887). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
  2. Urra J. & Gofas S. (2009). "New records of Bela powisiana (Dautzenberg 1887) (Gastropoda: Conidae) in Southern Europe". Journal of Conchology 40(1): 1-4. abstract.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3169846 entry