Bela plicatilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Bela plicatilis | |
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| Protoconch of a shell of Bela plicatilis | |
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. plicatilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Bela plicatilis (Risso, 1826)
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According to J.K. Tucker (2004), Mangelia plicatilis is a synonym of Haedropleura septangularis (Montagu, G., 1803).[2] However, Mangelia plicatilis is currently considered valid as Bela plicatilis.[1][3]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Bela plicatilis (Risso, 1826)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- ^ Spada G. (2016). "Bela plicatilis (Risso, 1826) a valid species (Gastropoda, Conoidea, Mangeliidae)" (PDF). Bollettino Malacologico. 52: 77–78.
Further reading
edit- Arnaud, P. M., 1978 Révision des taxa malacologiques méditerrannéens introduits par Antoine Risso Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice, "1977" 5 101–150