Bela alma

Bela alma
Drawing of a shell of Bela alma (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Bela
Species:	B. alma
Binomial name
Bela alma Thiele, 1925

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

Description

The length of the pale brown shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa.

References

1. Bela alma Thiele, 1925 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 8 August 2011.

• Thiele, J. 1925. Gastropoda der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, 11. Wiss. Ergebn. dt. Tiefsee Exped. 'Valdivia' 17(2): 37-382

External links

• Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
• Barnard K.H. (1958), Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa; Annals of The South African Museum v. 44 p. 73 - 163
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.