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Bela antwerpiensis

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Extinct species of gastropod

Bela antwerpiensis
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. antwerpiensis
Binomial name
Bela antwerpiensis
R. Marquet, 1997
Synonyms
  • † Bela neerlandica Beets 1946
  • † Mangelia (Mangelia) keepingi (Etheridge & A. Bell, 1898) forma consimilis (Harmer)
  • † Moniliopsis neerlandica Beets, 1946
  • † Pleurotoma brachystoma, Phil - NYST, p. 53 (non Pleurotoma brachystoma Philippi, 1844)

Bela antwerpiensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2.7 mm.

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Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata in Belgium

References

  1. R. Marquet, The Pliocene turrid gastropods of Belgium. Part 1: Drilliidae, Turridae, Conidae (genus Bela); BULLETIN VAN HET KONINKLIJK BELGISCH INSTITUUT VOOR NATUURWETENSCHAPPEN, AARDWETENSCHAPPEN. 67: 119-151. 1997

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