Bela zonata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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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. zonata
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| Bela zonata (Locard, 1892)
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 7 mm.
The shell is elongated, with the ribs not so prominent, and sometimes nearly obsolete, the revolving striae faint.[2]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean.
References edit
- ^ Bela zonata (Locard, 1892). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Drillia nebula var. laevigata)
- Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp
- Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8
- 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
- Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bela zonata.
- Urra J. & Gofas S. (2009) New records of Bela powisiana (Dautzenberg, 1887) (Gastropoda: Conidae) in southern Europe. Journal of Conchology 40(1): 1-4[dead link]
- "Bela zonata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
- MNHN, Paris: syntype