Bela nuperrima

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Bela nuperrima
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Shell of Bela nuperrima (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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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
Binomial name
Bela nuperrima
(Tiberi, 1855)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mangelia nuperrima(Tiberi, 1855)
  • Pleurotoma decussataPhilippi, 1844
  • Pleurotoma nuperrimumTiberi, 1855 (original combination)
  • Pleurotomella reconditum(Locard, 1891)
  • Raphitoma nuperrima(Tiberi, 1855)
  • Raphitoma nuperrima var. corallinoidesSturany, 1896
  • Raphitoma nuperrima var. pseudoacanthodesSturany, 1896
  • Raphitoma peregrinatorLocard, 1897
  • Raphitoma reconditaLocard, E.A.A., 1892

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

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Description

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

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

  1. 1 2 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
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
Shells of Bela nuperrima (museum specimens at Zoological Museum Amsterdam) Bela nuperrima 002.jpg
Shells of Bela nuperrima (museum specimens at Zoological Museum Amsterdam)


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