Bela oceanica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Bela oceanica | |
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| Shells of Bela oceanica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Bela |
| Species: | B. oceanica
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| Binomial name | |
| Bela oceanica (Locard, 1897)
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Taxonomy
editSpecies of uncertain validity, in need of revision.[1]
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 9 mm.
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Distribution
editThis 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
edit- ^ a b c Bela oceanica (Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
- Locard, Arnould. Mollusques testacés: Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883/sous la dir. de A. Milne-Edward. Masson, 1897.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bela oceanica.
- Biolib.cz: Image of Bela oceanica
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.