Biology:Bela keepingi
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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Bela |
| Species: | B. keepingi
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| Bela keepingi Etheridge & Bell, 1898
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Bela keepingi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 6.6 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm.
Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in the Pliocene and Pleistocene strata in Cornwall, Great Britain, and in Belgium
References
- Etheridge, R. & Bell, A., 1898. On the pliocene beds at St. Erth. Transactions of the Geological Society of Cornwall, 12: 111-166.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q30594693 entry
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