Bela nuperrima

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

Bela nuperrima
Shell of Bela nuperrima (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species:
B. nuperrima
Binomial name
Bela nuperrima
(Tiberi, 1855)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia nuperrima (Tiberi, 1855)
  • Pleurotoma decussata Philippi, 1844
  • Pleurotoma nuperrimum Tiberi, 1855 (original combination)
  • Pleurotomella reconditum (Locard, 1891)
  • Raphitoma nuperrima (Tiberi, 1855)
  • Raphitoma nuperrima var. corallinoides Sturany, 1896
  • Raphitoma nuperrima var. pseudoacanthodes Sturany, 1896
  • Raphitoma peregrinator Locard, 1897
  • Raphitoma recondita Locard, E.A.A., 1892

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 14 mm.

The rather thin shell shows about twelve distant, small longitudinal riblets, crossed by distant raised lines.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal

Fossils of this marine species were found in Pleistocene strata in Italy.

References
  1. Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Bela nuperrima (Tiberi, 1855). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=853245 on 2017-03-19
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  • "Mangelia nuperrima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
Shells of Bela nuperrima (museum specimens at Zoological Museum Amsterdam)


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