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

Bela plicatilis
Protoconch of a shell of Bela plicatilis
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. plicatilis
Binomial name
Bela plicatilis
(Risso, 1826)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia plicatilis Risso, 1826 (original combination)

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

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This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  3. ^ Spada G. (2016). "Bela plicatilis (Risso, 1826) a valid species (Gastropoda, Conoidea, Mangeliidae)" (PDF). Bollettino Malacologico. 52: 77–78.

Further reading

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  • 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