Bela turgida
Bela turgida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Bela turgida | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Bela |
| Species: | B. turgida |
| Binomial name | |
| Bela turgida (Reeve, 1844) | |
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This name of this species is considered a nomen dubium
Nomenclature
Nordsieck (1977: 45) interpreted Pleurotoma turgida Reeve 1844 as a synonym of the preoccupied Pleurotoma nana Scacchi, 1836.[2] However, van Aartsen (1988) considered P. turgida as a nomem dubium, despite the fact that Reeve’s name (which was based on the same Aegean material of Forbes (1844) and proposed a replacement name Bela menkhorsti [3]
References
- Bela turgida (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
- Nordsieck F 1977 The Turridae of the European Seas. La Conchiglia, Roma. 131 pp.
- Van Aartsen JJ. 1988a. European Mollusca: notes on less well-known species. XII. Bela menkhorsti nom. nov. = Pleurotoma nana Scacchi, 1836 not Deshayes, 1835 and Fehria (nov. gen.) zenetouae nov. spec. La Conchiglia 20 (232–233): 30–31
- van Aartsen J. J. (1988). Nomenclatural notes 7. Forbes' Aegean Turridae. Bollettino Malacologico 24 (5-8): 141-144
- Mariottini P., Smriglio C., Di Giulio A. & Oliverio M. (2009). "A new fossil conoidean from the Pliocene of Italy, with comments on the Bela menkhorsti complex (Gastropoda: Conidae)". Journal of Conchology 40(1): 5-14
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