Bela oceanica

Bela oceanica
Shells of Bela oceanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species: B. oceanica
Binomial name
Bela oceanica
(Locard, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela nebula oceanica É.A.A. Locard, 1897
  • Raphitoma oceanicum Locard, 1892 (basionym)

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

Taxonomy

Species of uncertain validity, in need of revision. [1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 9 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in European waters, in the English Channel; in the Alboran Sea, Mediterranean Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa and the Canary Islands.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bela oceanica (Locard, 1897).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
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