Bela consimilis

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

Bela consimilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species:
B. consimilis
Binomial name
Bela consimilis
(Harmer, 1915)
Synonyms
  • † Bela neerlandica Beets 1946
  • † Mangelia (Mangelia) keepingi (Etheridge & A. Bell, 1898) forma consimilis (Harmer)
  • † Raphitoma brachystoma (Philippi)
  • † Pleurotoma brachystoma, Phil - NYST, p. 53 (non Pleurotoma brachystoma Philippi, 1844)

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.6 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in the Lower Pliocene strata in East Anglia, Great Britain.

References
  1. R. Marquet, The Pliocene turrid gastropods of Belgium. Part 1: Drilliidae, Turridae, Conidae (genus Bela) ; BULLETIN VAN HET KONINKLIJK BELGISCH INSTITUUT VOOR NATUURWETENSCHAPPEN, AARDWETENSCHAPPEN. 67: 119-151. 1997


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