Bela powisiana

Bela powisiana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Bela
Species:	B. powisiana
Binomial name
Bela powisiana (Dautzenberg, 1887)
Synonyms [1]
Raphitoma powisianaDautzenberg, 1887 (original combination) Mangelia (Bela) powisiana(Dautzenberg) Mangelia powisiana(Dautzenberg, 1887) Villiersiella powisiana(Dautzenberg, 1887) Bela mingoranceaeMartin Perez & Vera-Pelaez, 2006 (junior synonym)

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

Description

The length of tall, narrow shell attains 15 mm. It contains eight or nine whorls. The shell shows broad, orthocline ribs with a thickened rim at the sutures and crossed by fine, spiral striae. The aperture is narrow. The outer lip is not noticeably angular. The color of the shell varies from deep brown to purple with a broad brown band, interrupted over the ribs.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Alboran Sea; ^[2] in the Atlantic Ocean from Norway to the Bay of Biscay.

References

1. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Bela powisiana (Dautzenberg, 1887)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 17 June 2024.
2. Urra J. & Gofas S. (2009). "New records of Bela powisiana (Dautzenberg 1887) (Gastropoda: Conidae) in Southern Europe". Journal of Conchology . 40 (1): 1–4. Abstract.

• Dautzenberg Ph. 1887 Une excursion malacologique à Saint-Lunaire (Ille-et-Vilaine) et aux environs de cette localité. Bulletin de la Société d’Etudes Scientifiques de Paris 9(2): 27 pp.
• Nordsieck F 1977 The Turridae of the European seas. La Conchiglia, Roma. 131 pp.
• Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN   0-19-857356-1. 627 pp
• Martin Perez & Vera-Pelaez. 2006. Pliocenica, 5 : 55–60
• Martin Perez & Vera-Pelaez 2007 Bela mingoranceae (Mangeliinae Fischer, 1883, Conoidea), nueva especie actual de Estepona (Málaga, sur de España). Pliocenica 5: 1–6.

External links

• MNHN, Paris : Bela powisiana
• Biolib.cz: image