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Bela Gray, 1847 
AphiaID: 137807

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Conoidea (Superfamily) > Mangeliidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803) (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Mangeliidae P. Fischer, 1883
Synonymised
taxa
  Fehria van Aartsen, 1988
Ginnania Monterosato, 1884
Mangelia (Bela) J E Gray, 1847
Sources  basis of record: 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 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308. [details]

from synonym: Mariottini, P., Smriglio, C., Di Giulio, A. & Oliverio, M. (2009) A new fossil conoidean from the Pliocene of Italy, with comments on the Bela menkhorsti complex (Gastropoda: Conidae). Journal of Conchology, 40, 5-14. NIZT 682 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

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taxa

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 Species Bela africana Ardovini, 2004
Species Bela alma Thiele, 1925
Species Bela anderssoni Strebel, 1908
Species Bela anna Thiele, 1925
Species Bela ardovinii Mariottini & Oliverio, 2008
Species Bela atlantidea (Knudsen, 1952)
Species Bela beatriceae (Mariottini, 2007)
Species Bela bella Barnard, 1958
Species Bela brachystoma (Philippi, 1844)
Species Bela chuni Thiele, 1925
Species Bela cycladensis (Reeve, 1845)
Species Bela decussata (Locard, 1892)
Species Bela erosa (Schrenck, 1861)
Species Bela exilis Ardovini, 2004
Species Bela fulvicans Strebel, 1908
Species Bela fuscata (Deshayes, 1835)
Species Bela menkhorsti van Aartsen, 1988
Species Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803)
Species Bela oceanica (Locard, 1892)
Species Bela powisiana (Dautzenberg, 1887)
Species Bela taprurensis (Pallary, 1904)
Species Bela zenetouae (van Aartsen, 1988)
Species Bela zonata (Locard, 1892)

Species Bela fortis (Reeve, 1844) (nomen dubium)
Species Bela minuta (Reeve, 1844) (nomen dubium)
Species Bela turgida (Reeve, 1844) (nomen dubium)

Species Bela abyssorum Locard, 1897 accepted as Gymnobela abyssorum (Locard, 1897)
Species Bela africana Ardovini, 2008 accepted as Bela africana Ardovini, 2004
Species Bela alberti (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906) accepted as Phymorhynchus alberti (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906)
Species Bela albrechti Krause, 1886 accepted as Granotoma albrechti (Krause, 1886)
Species Bela angulosa Sars G. O., 1878 accepted as Propebela angulosa (Sars G. O., 1878)
Species Bela antarctica Strebel, 1908 accepted as Conorbela antarctica (Strebel, 1908)
Species Bela assimilis Sars G. O., 1878 accepted as Propebela assimilis (Sars G. O., 1878)
Species Bela australis Adams & Angas, 1864 accepted as Guraleus australis (Adams & Angas, 1864)
Species Bela bergensis Friele, 1886 accepted as Propebela bergensis (Friele, 1886)
Species Bela blaneyi Bush, 1909 accepted as Oenopota blaneyi (Bush, 1909)
Species Bela candida Yokoyama, 1926 † accepted as Oenopota candida (Yokoyama, 1926)
Species Bela clarae Peñas & Rolán, 2008 accepted as Bela atlantidea (Knudsen, 1952)
Species Bela concinnula Verrill, 1882 accepted as Propebela concinnula (A. E. Verrill, 1882)
Species Bela confusa (Locard, 1897) accepted as Bela brachystoma (Philippi, 1844)
Species Bela conoidea Sars G. O., 1878 accepted as Curtitoma conoidea (Sars G. O., 1878)
Species Bela costulata (Risso, 1826) accepted as Mangelia costulata Risso, 1826
Species Bela eva Thiele, 1925 accepted as Maoritomella eva (Thiele, 1925)
Species Bela excurvata Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Oenopota excurvata (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Bela expansa Sars G. O., 1878 accepted as Lusitanops expansa (Sars G. O., 1878) accepted as Lusitanops expansus (Sars G. O., 1878)
Species Bela exquisita Yokoyama, 1926 accepted as Curtitoma exquisita (Yokoyama, 1926)
Species Bela glacialis Thiele, 1912 accepted as Oenopota glacialis (Thiele, 1912)
Species Bela graphica Locard, 1897 accepted as Oenopota graphica (Locard, 1897)
Species Bela grimaldii Dautzenberg, 1889 accepted as Amphissa acutecostata (Philippi, 1844)
Species Bela grippi Dall, 1908 accepted as Bellaspira grippi (Dall, 1908)
Species Bela guernei Dautzenberg, 1891 accepted as Belomitra quadruplex (Watson, 1882)
Species Bela harpa Dall, 1885 accepted as Oenopota harpa (Dall, 1885)
Species Bela hebes Verrill, 1880 accepted as Curtitoma hebes (Verrill, 1880)
Species Bela iessoensis E. A. Smith, 1875 accepted as Obesotoma iessoensis (E. A. Smith, 1875)
Species Bela incisula Verrill, 1882 accepted as Curtitoma incisula (Verrill, 1882)
Species Bela koreni Friele, 1886 accepted as Oenopota koreni (Friele, 1886)
Species Bela krausei Dall, 1887 accepted as Granotoma krausei (Dall, 1887)
Species Bela laevigata (Philippi, 1836) accepted as Bela zonata (Locard, 1892)
Species Bela limatula Locard, 1896 accepted as Amphissa acutecostata (Philippi, 1844)
Species Bela martensi Strebel, 1905 accepted as Mangelia martensi (Strebel, 1905)
Species Bela metschigmensis Krause, 1886 accepted as Oenopota metschigmensis (Krause, 1886)
Species Bela mingoranceae Martin Perez & Vera-Pelaez, 2007 accepted as Bela powisiana (Dautzenberg, 1887)
Species Bela mitralis Adams & Angas, 1864 accepted as Guraleus mitralis (Adams & Angas, 1864)
Species Bela murdochiana Dall, 1885 accepted as Oenopota murdochiana (Dall, 1885)
Species Bela neozelanica Suter, 1908 accepted as Scrinium neozelanicum (Suter, 1908)
Species Bela notophila Strebel, 1908 accepted as Lorabela notophila (Strebel, 1908)
Species Bela obliqua Sars G. O., 1878 accepted as Oenopota obliqua (Sars G. O., 1878)
Species Bela optima Thiele, 1925 accepted as Microdrillia optima (Thiele, 1925)
Species Bela ornata (Locard, 1891) accepted as Mangelia costulata Risso, 1826
Species Bela pelseneeri Strebel, 1908 accepted as Oenopota pelseneeri (Strebel, 1908)
Species Bela pelseneri Strebel, 1908 accepted as Lorabela pelseneri (Strebel, 1908)
Species Bela plicatula Thiele, 1912 accepted as Oenopota plicatula (Thiele, 1912)
Species Bela purissima Strebel, 1908 accepted as Typhlodaphne purissima (Strebel, 1908)
Species Bela rathbuni Verrill, 1882 accepted as Propebela rathbuni (Verrill, 1882)
Species Bela regina Thiele, 1925 accepted as Tomopleura regina (Thiele, 1925)
Species Bela robusta Packard, 1866 accepted as Obesotoma robusta (Packard, 1866)
Species Bela sansibarica Thiele, 1925 accepted as Microdrillia sansibarica (Thiele, 1925)
Species Bela scalaroides Sars G. O., 1878 accepted as Propebela scalaroides (Sars G. O., 1878)
Species Bela sculpturata Dall, 1887 accepted as Mangelia sculpturata (Dall, 1887)
Species Bela septenvillei (Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913) accepted as Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803)
Species Bela solida Dall, 1887 accepted as Obesotoma solida (Dall, 1887)
Species Bela spitzbergensis Friele, 1886 accepted as Propebela spitzbergensis (Friele, 1886)
Species Bela striata Hutton, 1873 accepted as Iredalula striata (Hutton, 1873)
Species Bela striatula Thiele, 1912 accepted as Oenopota striatula (Thiele, 1912)
Species Bela subturgida Verrill, 1884 accepted as Propebela subturgida (Verrill, 1884)
Species Bela subvitrea Verrill, 1884 accepted as Propebela subvitrea (Verrill, 1884)
Species Bela tenuicostata Sars G. O., 1878 accepted as Oenopota tenuicostata (Sars G. O., 1878)
Species Bela tenuilirata Dall, 1871 accepted as Obesotoma tenuilirata (Dall, 1871)
Species Bela tumida Posselt, 1898 accepted as Obesotoma tumida (Posselt, 1898)
Species Bela turrita Strebel, 1908 accepted as Belaturricula turrita (Strebel, 1908)
Species Bela yanamii Yokoyama, 1926 accepted as Retifusus yanamii (Yokoyama, 1926)
Environment marine
Distribution United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Note  Taxonomy: Because of taxonomic uncertainty regarding the type species, many authors in the XIX century e.g. G.O. Sars (1878) used the generic name Bela for species correctly placed in Propebela, Oenopota or Curtitoma, and then used Raphitoma for species currently placed in Bela [details]
Images 
Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912, pl. 01)
Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912, pl. 01)
added on 2008-08-18 - author: Anoniem in Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912)
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Bela nebula
[image from typetaxon]
Bela nebula
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Bela nebula
[image from typetaxon]
Bela nebula
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
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Bela nebula
[image from typetaxon]
Bela nebula
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
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Bela nebula
[image from typetaxon]
Bela nebula
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137807
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2005-04-16 10:28:02Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-12-02 08:40:23Z  changed  Tucker, John
2010-12-16 19:49:57Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
2011-08-05 19:02:09Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Bela Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137807 on 2013-05-19
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