Bela is a genusofsea snails; marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[2]
Bela | |
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Shell of Bela nebula, type species of the genus Bela | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Bela Gray, 1847[1] |
Type species | |
Murex nebula (Montagu, 1803)
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Species | |
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Because of taxonomic uncertainty regarding the type species, many authors in the 19th century e.g. G.O. Sars (1878) and W.H.Dall (1919) used the generic name Bela for unrelated species correctly placed in Propebela, OenopotaorCurtitoma, and then used Raphitoma for species currently placed in Bela.[2]
The ovate shell is fusiform. The surface is dull, smooth, or longitudinally ribbed. The spire is elevated and shorter than the body whorl. The columella is flattened. The siphonal canal is short. The outer lip shows a small sinus at its junction with the body whorl. [3]
Species within the genus Bela (gastropod) include:[citation needed]