Bela erosa

Bela erosa
Image of a shell of Bela erosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species: B. erosa
Binomial name
Bela erosa
(Schrenck, 1861)
Synonyms[1]

Drillia erosa Schrenck, 1861

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 17 mm, its diameter 6 mm.

The shell is longitudinally ribbed and spirally striated. There is a narrow, brown band at the suture, with sometimes a darker band at the suture and another at the base. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Strait of Tartary between the Russian island of Sakhalin and mainland Asia

References

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