Bela plicatella

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

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 plicatella Bellardi, 1847 (original combination)

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
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