Bela barbiton

Bela barbiton
Original image of Bela barbiton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Bela
Species: B. barbiton
Binomial name
Bela barbiton
(Melvill, J.C., 1904)
Synonyms
  • Mangilia barbiton Melvill, J.C., 1904 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.5 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Oman

References

  1. ↑ J.C. Melvill, Descriptions of twenty-three species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Arabian Sea, dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service, in 1903.." Journal of Molluscan Studies 6.6 (1905): 315-318


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