Bela keepingi

Bela keepingi
Scientific classification
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 neerlandicaBeets 1946 † Mangelia keepingi(Etheridge & Bell. 1898) † Mangelia (Mangelia) keepingi forma keepingi(Etheridge & A. Bell, 1898) forma consimilis(Harmer) † Pleurotoma keepingiEtheridge & 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

The shell of Bela keepingi is relatively small, with a length that can reach up to 6.6 mm and a diameter of about 2.2 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in the Pliocene and Pleistocene strata in Cornwall, Great Britain, and in Belgium.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. R. Marquet, The Pliocene turrid gastropods of Belgium. Part 1: Drilliidae, Turridae, Conidae (genus Bela); BULLETIN VAN HET KONINKLIJK BELGISCH INSTITUUT VOOR NATUURWETENSCHAPPEN, AARDWETENSCHAPPEN. 67: 119-151. 1997

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

External links

• Image of Bela keepingi