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

Bela consimilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species:
B. consimilis
Binomial name
Bela consimilis
(Harmer, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Bela neerlandica Beets 1946
  • Mangelia (Mangelia) keepingi (Etheridge & A. Bell, 1898) forma consimilis (Harmer)
  • Raphitoma brachystoma (Philippi)
  • Pleurotoma brachystoma, Phil - NYST, p. 53 (non Pleurotoma brachystoma Philippi, 1844)

The length of the shell attains 6.6 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm. This extinct marine species was found in the Lower Pliocene strata in East Anglia, Great Britain.

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