Bela plicatilis

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

Bela plicatilis
Protoconch of a shell of Bela plicatilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species:
B. plicatilis
Binomial name
Bela plicatilis
(Risso, 1826)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia plicatilis Risso, 1826 (original combination)

According to J.K. Tucker Mangelia plicatilis is a synonym of Haedropleura septangularis (Montagu, G., 1803) [2]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.

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References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Bela plicatilis (Risso, 1826). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=883995 on 2017-03-25
  2. Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682: p. 771,


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