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Bela keepingi

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Bela keepingi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species:
B. keepingi
Binomial name
Bela keepingi
Etheridge & Bell, 1898
Synonyms
  • Bela neerlandica Beets 1946
  • Mangelia keepingi (Etheridge & Bell. 1898)
  • Mangelia (Mangelia) keepingi forma keepingi(Etheridge & A. Bell, 1898) forma consimilis (Harmer)
  • Pleurotoma keepingi Etheridge & Bell, 1898 (original combination)
  • Raphitoma keepingi (Etheridge & Bell, 1898)

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 6.6 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm.

Distribution

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This extinct marine species was found in the Pliocene and Pleistocene strata in Cornwall, Great Britain, and in Belgium

References

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  • Etheridge, R. & Bell, A., 1898. On the pliocene beds at St. Erth. Transactions of the Geological Society of Cornwall, 12: 111-166.
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