Bela fuscata
Shell of Bela fuscata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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. fuscata
Binomial name
Bela fuscata
(Deshayes, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela formica F. Nordsieck, 1977 junior subjective synonym
  • Bela ginnania formica F. Nordsieck, 1977 junior subjective synonym
  • Drillia fuscata (Deshayes, 1835)
  • Ginnania fuscata (Deshayes, 1835) ·
  • Mangelia fuscata (Deshayes, 1835)
  • Pleurotoma fusca Calcara, 1839
  • Pleurotoma fuscata Deshayes, 1835 (basionym)
  • Pleurotoma ginnanianum Philippi, 1844

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

Distribution

This species is found in European waters off the British Isles and Spain; other specimens were found in the Adriatic Sea and in the Aegean Sea.

Fossil specimens were found in Pleistocene strata in Italy.

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