Bela plicatella

Bela plicatella
Shell of Bela plicatella (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Bela
Species:	B. plicatella
Binomial name
Bela plicatella (Bellardi, 1847)
Synonyms
† Daphnella (Raphitoma) plicatella(Bellardi, 1847) † Raphitoma plicatellaBellardi, 1847 (original combination)

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

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Pleistocene strata in Italy and in Pliocene strata in the Alpes-Maritimes, France.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Bela plicatella (Bellardi, 1847) †. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=853259 on 2017-03-19

• Cossmann (M.), 1896 Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), p. 1-179

External links

• Della Bella G., Naldi F. & Scarponi D. (2015). Molluschi marini del Plio-Pleistocene dell'Emilia-Romagna e della Toscana - Superfamiglia Conoidea, vol. 4, Mangeliidae II. Lavori della Società Italiana di Malacologia. 26: 1-80