Bela brachystoma

Bela brachystoma
Bela brachystoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae [1]
Genus: Bela
Species: B. brachystoma
Binomial name
Bela brachystoma
(Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms[2]
  • Bela confusa (Locard, 1897)
  • Mangelia (Mangelia) brachystoma (Philippi)
  • Pleurotoma brachystomum Philippi, 1844 (basionym)

Bela brachystoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

The subspecies Bela brachystoma africana Ardovini, 2004 has become a synonym of Bela africana Ardovini, 2004

Description

The shell size varies between 4 mm and 7 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean along Norway, in the North Sea along the British Isles, in the Atlantic Ocean along Ireland, Spain, Portugal and West Africa, and in the Mediterranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea

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