Bela menkhorsti
Appearance
Bela menkhorsti | |
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Shells of Bela menkhorsti (lectotype in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Bela |
Species: | B. menkhorsti
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Binomial name | |
Bela menkhorsti van Aartsen, 1988
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Synonyms.[1] | |
Pleurotoma nana Scacchi, 1836 |
Bela menkhorsti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bela menkhorsti van Aartsen, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
- 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
- Peñas A., Rolán E. & Ballesteros M., 2008: Segunda adición a la fauna malacológica del litoral de Garraf (NE de la Península Ibérica). Iberus 26(2): 15-42
- Van Aartsen JJ 1988a European Mollusca: notes on less well-known species. XII. Bela menkhorsti nom. nov. = Pleurotoma nana Scacchi, 1836 not Deshayes, 1835 and Fehria (nov. gen.) zenetouae nov. spec. La Conchiglia 20 (232–233): 30–31
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