Bela menkhorsti
| Bela menkhorsti | |
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| Shells of Bela menkhorsti (lectotype in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Bela |
| Species: | B. menkhorsti |
| Binomial name | |
| Bela menkhorsti van Aartsen, 1988 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pleurotoma nana Scacchi, 1836 | |
Bela menkhorsti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores, Portugal.
References
- 1 2 Bela menkhorsti van Aartsen, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Peñas A., Rolán E. & Ballesteros M., 2008: Segunda adición a la fauna malacológica del litoral de Garraf (NE de la Península Ibérica). Iberus 26(2): 15-42
- 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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