Bela patagonica

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Bela patagonica
Spirotropis patagonica 001.png
Drawing of a shell of Bela patagonica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species:
B. patagonica
Binomial name
Bela patagonica
(d'Orbigny, 1841)
Synonyms [1]
  • Drillia patagonica(d'Orbigny, 1841)
  • Pleurotoma patagonicad'Orbigny, 1841 (basionym)
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) patagonica(d'Orbigny, 1841)
  • Spirotropis patagonica(d'Orbigny, 1841) ·

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

Contents

The variety Spirotropis patagonica magellanica(Martens, E.C. von, 1881) was originally described as Drillia patagonicaMartens, E.C. von, 1881 with a length half as long. [2]

Description

The shell size varies between 6 mm and 15 mm.

The shell is yellowish brown. The first whorls are globose, the third and following ones subangulated, with longitudinal short, fine ribs and close revolving striae. The ribs are obsolete on the body whorl. The sinus is broad and shallow. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean from Southern Brazil to Patagonia

Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata in Brazil.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Bela patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1589958 on 2022-06-20
  2. ↑ Martens. Sitzb. Bed., 77, 1881
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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