Bela menkhorsti

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

Bela menkhorsti
Shells of Bela menkhorsti (lectotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species:
B. menkhorsti
Binomial name
Bela menkhorsti
van Aartsen, 1988
Synonyms.[1]

Pleurotoma nana Scacchi, 1836

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.

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References

  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Peñas A., Rolán E. & Ballesteros M., 2008: Segunda adición a la fauna malacológica del litoral de Garraf (NE de la Península Ibérica). Iberus 26(2): 15-42
  • 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


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