Bela nuperrima

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

Bela nuperrima
Shell of Bela nuperrima (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species:
B. nuperrima
Binomial name
Bela nuperrima
(Tiberi, 1855)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia nuperrima (Tiberi, 1855)
  • Pleurotoma decussata Philippi, 1844
  • Pleurotoma nuperrimum Tiberi, 1855 (original combination)
  • Pleurotomella reconditum (Locard, 1891)
  • Raphitoma nuperrima (Tiberi, 1855)
  • Raphitoma nuperrima var. corallinoides Sturany, 1896
  • Raphitoma nuperrima var. pseudoacanthodes Sturany, 1896
  • Raphitoma peregrinator Locard, 1897
  • Raphitoma recondita Locard, E.A.A., 1892

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 14 mm.

The rather thin shell shows about twelve distant, small longitudinal riblets, crossed by distant raised lines.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal

Fossils of this marine species were found in Pleistocene strata in Italy.

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References
  1. Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Bela nuperrima (Tiberi, 1855). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=853245 on 2017-03-19
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  • "Mangelia nuperrima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
Shells of Bela nuperrima (museum specimens at Zoological Museum Amsterdam)


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