Bela minuta

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Bela minuta
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Drawing of a shell of Bela minuta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species:
B. minuta
Binomial name
Bela minuta
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms [1]
  • Drillia minutaForbes, 1844
  • Pleurotoma minutaReeve, 1844

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

Contents

The name of this species is considered a nomen dubium

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

The reddish brown shell is strongly ribbed and distantly spirally striate. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Aegean Sea.

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