''Bela zonata'' is a species of
sea snail
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in the
family
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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 Regis ...
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Description
The length of the shell attains 7 mm.[ The shell is elongated, with the ribs not so prominent, and sometimes nearly obsolete, the revolving striae faint.G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences]
(described as ''Drillia nebula'' var. ''laevigata'')
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea
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and in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean
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References
External links
* Backeljau, T. (1986). ''Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België '. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp
* Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). ''The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas''. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK.
* 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
* Muller, Y. (2004). ''Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. oastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory'. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
Urra J. & Gofas S. (2009)'' New records of ''Bela powisiana'' (Dautzenberg, 1887) (Gastropoda: Conidae) in southern Europe''. Journal of Conchology 40(1): 1–4
Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295
MNHN, Paris: syntype
zonata
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Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean
Molluscs of the Mediterranean Sea
Gastropods described in 1892
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