Bela nebula

Bela nebula
	Shell of Bela nebula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Bela
Species:	B. nebula
Binomial name
	Bela nebula; (Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms[1]
	Bela aegeensis (Reeve, 1844) [2]; Bela ginniana (Risso, 1826) [2]; Bela nebula vittata Norman, A.M., 1899; Bela septenvillei (Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913); Bela (Ischnula) nebula (Montagu, 1803); Buccinum steveni Krynicky, 1837 (dubious synonym); Fusus discrepans Brown, C.T., 1827; Fusus pyramidatus Brown, C.T., 1827; Mangelia (Bela) nebula (Montagu); Mangelia nebula (Montagu, 1803); Mangelia nebula var. lactea Jeffreys, 1867; Murex nebula Montagu, 1803 (original combination); Pleurotoma metcalfei Petit de la Saussaye, S., 1869; Pleurotoma nebula (Montagu, 1803); Pleurotoma nebula var. abbreviata Jeffreys, 1867; Pleurotoma nebula var. elongata' Jeffreys, 1867; Pleurotoma nebula var. abbreviata (Montagu, 1803); Pleurotoma nebula var. minor Jeffreys, 1867; Pleurotoma nigra Potiez, V.L.V., 1838; Raphitoma affine Locard, E.A.A., 1891; Raphitoma nebula (Montagu, 1803); Raphitoma nebula var. septenvillei Dautzenberg, 1913; Raphitoma septenvillei Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913;

Bela nebula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1] It is the type species of the genus Bela.

Taxonomy

Probably Bela nebula forms a complex, which Bela laevigata also belongs to (Ankel 1936, Van Aartsen et al. 1984) [3][4]

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 14 mm.

This species ioccurs in European waters off Belgium and the British Isles, in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean off Norway, in the Atlantic Ocean off Spain, Portugal, the Azores and Madeira and in the Mediterranean Sea

Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
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