Bela nuperrima
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| Shell of Bela nuperrima (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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. nuperrima
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| Binomial name | |
| Bela nuperrima (Tiberi, 1855)
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Bela nuperrima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 14 mm.
The rather thin shell shows about twelve distant, small longitudinal riblets, crossed by distant raised lines.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal
Fossils of this marine species were found in Pleistocene strata in Italy.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Bela nuperrima (Tiberi, 1855). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=853245 on 2017-03-19
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Philippi, Moll. Sicil., ii, 174, t. 26, f. 23, 1844
- 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
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bela nuperrima.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- "Mangelia nuperrima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
