Bela turgida

Bela turgida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Bela
Species: B. turgida
Binomial name
Bela turgida
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma turgida Reeve, 1844

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

This name of this species is considered a nomen dubium

Nomenclature

Nordsieck (1977: 45) interpreted Pleurotoma turgida Reeve 1844 as a synonym of the preoccuppied Pleurotoma nana Scacchi, 1836.[2] However, van Aartsen (1988) considered P. turgida as a nomem dubium, despite the fact that Reeve’s name (which was based on the same Aegean material of Forbes (1844) and proposed a replacement name Bela menkhorsti [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bela turgida (Reeve, 1844).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Nordsieck F 1977 The Turridae of the European Seas. La Conchiglia, Roma. 131 pp.
  3. ↑ 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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