Bela_belgica

<i>Bela belgica</i>

Bela belgica

Extinct species of gastropod

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 4.6 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in the Pliocene strata in Belgium.

References

  1. [1]
    R. Marquet, The Pliocene turrid gastropods of Belgium. Part 1: Drilliidae, Turridae, Conidae (genus Bela) ; BULLETIN VAN HET KONINKLIJK BELGISCH INSTITUUT VOOR NATUURWETENSCHAPPEN, AARDWETENSCHAPPEN. 67: 119-151. 1997
  • Van Regteren Altena CO., 1959. Notes on Turridae from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Netherlands. Basteria, 2 3 (1-2): 31-32.


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