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Bela belgica

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Bela belgica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species:
B. belgica
Binomial name
Bela belgica
(Van Regteren Altena, 1959)
Synonyms
  • Mangelia (Bela) belgica Van Regteren Altena, 1959

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

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

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  • 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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