Bela trinacria

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

Bela trinacria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species:
B. trinacria
Binomial name
Bela trinacria
Mariottini P., Smriglio C., Di Giulio A. & Oliverio M., 2009

Description

The height of the shell attains 8.5 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this species have been found in Pliocene strata in Sicily, Italy.

References
  1. 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(1): 5-14


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