Bela gervillei

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

Bela gervillei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species:
B. gervillei
Binomial name
Bela gervillei
G.P. Deshayes, 1835
Synonyms
  • † Bela (Buchozia) gervillei G.P. Deshayes, 1835
  • † Etallonia gervillei Deshayes, 1884

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Eocene strata in Normandy, France.

References
  1. Cossmann M. 1913 Catalogue Illustré Des Coquilles Fossiles De L' Eocène Des Environs De Paris Appendice N° 5"


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