Bela keepingi
Bela keepingi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Bela keepingi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Bela |
| Species: | B. keepingi |
| Binomial name | |
| Bela keepingi Etheridge & Bell, 1898 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 6.6 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm.
Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in the Pliocene and Pleistocene strata in Cornwall, Great Britain, and in Belgium
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References
- Etheridge, R. & Bell, A., 1898. On the pliocene beds at St. Erth. Transactions of the Geological Society of Cornwall, 12: 111-166.
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