Bela trinacria

Bela trinacria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Bela
Species: B. trinacria
Binomial name
Bela trinacria
Mariottini P., Smriglio C., Di Giulio A. & Oliverio M., 2009

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 8.5 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this species have been found in Pliocene strata in Sicily, Italy.

References

  1. ↑ Mariottini P., Smriglio C., Di Giulio A. & Oliverio M. (2009). "A new fossil conoidean from the Pliocene of Italy, with comments on the Bela menkhorsti complex (Gastropoda: Conidae)". Journal of Conchology 40(1): 5-14


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