''Bela decussata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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Mangeliidae Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. Bouchet, P. (2011). Mangeliidae P. Fischer, 1883. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Reg ...

Taxonomy

The accepted name of this species is neither a primary homonym, nor currently a secondary homonym of ''Bela decussata'' (Couthouy, 1839), synonym of

Curtitoma decussata ''Curtitoma decussata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. Description The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 13 mm. The shell has an ovate-fusiform shape, with a moderate, scarc ...

(Couthouy, 1839) (originally described as ''Pleurotoma decussatum'')

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in Atlantic

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References

Locard A. (1892). ''Les coquilles marines des côtes de France''. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils : pp. 384
* 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

External links

* decussata Gastropods described in 1892 {{Mangeliidae-stub