Bela_(gastropod)

<i>Bela</i> (gastropod)

Bela (gastropod)

Genus of gastropods

Bela is a genus of sea snails; marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

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Taxonomy

Because of taxonomic uncertainty regarding the type species, many authors in the 19th century e.g. G.O. Sars (1878) and W.H.Dall (1919) used the generic name Bela for unrelated species correctly placed in Propebela, Oenopota or Curtitoma, and then used Raphitoma for species currently placed in Bela.[2]

Description

The ovate shell is fusiform. The surface is dull, smooth, or longitudinally ribbed. The spire is elevated and shorter than the body whorl. The columella is flattened. The siphonal canal is short. The outer lip shows a small sinus at its junction with the body whorl. [3]

Species

Species within the genus Bela (gastropod) include:[citation needed]

Species brought into synonymy
Nomina dubia

References

  1. [1]
    Gray J. E. (1847). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 20: 270.
  2. [2]
    Bela (gastropod) Gray, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 February 2011.
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    Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853–1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
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    Bela alma Thiele, 1925. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  5. [5]
    Bela anna Thiele, 1925. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  6. [6]
    Bela bella Barnard, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  7. [7]
    Bela chuni Thiele, 1925. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  8. [8]
    Bela cycladensis (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  9. [9]
    Bela decussata (Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  10. [10]
    Bela fuscata (Deshayes, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  11. [11]
    Bela menkhorsti van Aartsen, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  12. [12]
    Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  13. [13]
    Bela oceanica (Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  14. [14]
    Bela powisiana (Dautzenberg, 1887). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  15. [15]
    Mariottini P., Smriglio C., Di Giulio A. & Oliverio M. (2009). "A new fossil conoidean from the Pliocene of Italy, with comments on the Bela menkhorsti complex (Gastropoda: Conidae)". Journal of Conchology 40(1): 5-14. abstract.
  16. [16]
    Bela zenetouae (van Aartsen, 1988). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  17. [17]
    Bela zonata (Locard, 1892). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
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    B. Otztürk, Comments on Shells of Mollusca collected from the Seas of Turkey, Turk J Zool, 29, pp. 111-112, 2005 Archived 2010-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
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    Bela africana Ardovini, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  20. [20]
    Bela alberti (Dautzenberg & Fisher, 1906). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  21. [21]
    Bela anderssoni Strebel, 1908. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  22. [22]
    Bela ardovinii Mariottini & Oliverio, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  23. [23]
    Bela blaneyi Bush, 1909. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  24. [24]
    Bela brachystoma (Philippi, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  25. [25]
    Bela clarae Peñas & Rolán, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  26. [26]
    Bela confusum (Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  27. [27]
    Bela costulata (Risso, 1826). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  28. [28]
    Bela exilis Ardovini, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  29. [29]
    Bela fulvicans Strebel, 1908. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  30. [30]
    Bela glacialis Thiele, 1912. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  31. [31]
    Bela laevigata (Philippi, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  32. [32]
    Bela mingoranceae Martin Perez & Vera-Pelaez, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  33. [33]
    Bela ornata (Locard, 1891). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  34. [34]
    Bela septenvillei (Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  35. [35]
    Bela zonatum (Locard, 1891). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  36. [36]
    Bela fortis (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  37. [37]
    Bela minuta (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  38. [38]
    Bela turgida (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
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