Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Conoidea > Family Mangeliidae > Genus Bela

Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Raphitoma Bellardi, 1847

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bela*	Leach, 1847	accepted genus name
*Fehria*	van Aartsen, 1988	synonym
*Ginnania*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Ichnusa*	Jeffreys, 1847	synonym
*Mangelia (Bela)*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Pleurotoma (Bela)*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Raphitoma (Ginnania)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym

Species group names

*Bela septenvillei*	(Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913)	synonym
*Buccinum steveni*	Krynicki, 1837	synonym; nom. nud.
*Ichnusa setaba*	Jeffreys, 1847	synonym
*Mangelia (Bela) nebula*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Mangelia nebula*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Mangelia nebula var. lactea*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Pleurotoma nebula*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Pleurotoma nebula var. abbreviata*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Pleurotoma nebula var. elongata*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Pleurotoma nebula var. minor*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Pleurotoma nigra*	Potiez & Michaud, 1838	synonym
*Raphitoma affine*	Locard, 1891	synonym
*Raphitoma nebula*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Raphitoma nebula var. septenvillei*	Dautzenberg, 1913	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: bølgebåndet pilsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: hoge trapgevel; slanke trapgevel sources: de Bruyne, R.H.; Bank, R.A.; Adema, J.P.H.M.; Perk, F.A. (1994). Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en Belgie: feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestig-jarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging [Dutch namelist of the Mollusca from the Netherlands and Belgium: festive edition at the occasion of the 60-year jubilee of the Dutch Malacological Society]. Backhuys Publishers: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-33-1. 149 pp.;Adema, J.P.H.M.; de Bruyne, R.H.; Perk, F.A. (1989). Preliminary name list of marine molluscs and shells, regularly washed ashore along the coasts of the Netherlands and Belgium [Voorlopige naamlijst van de mariene mollusken en de regelmatig langs de kust van Nederland en België aangespoelde schelpensoorten]. De Strandvlo 9(2): 49-59

English: nebular needle conch sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Perlmutt-Nadelschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Pusateri, F.; Bartolini, S.; Spada, G.; Prkić, J.; Smriglio, C.; Mariottini, P. (2023). Atlante delle Conchiglie Marine del Mediterraneo - Atlas of the Mediterranean Seashells, Vol. 4 - parte seconda (Neogastropoda: Cancellarioidea e Conoidea). Palermo. Edizioni Danaus. 383 pp., 1315 col. figs.
basis of record	Öztürk, B. & Ovalis, P. (2024). Bela Leach, 1847 (Gastropoda Conoidea) species distributed along the Turkish coasts and in the Saronic Gulf (Greece) with description of Bela filioae n. sp. Biodiversity Journal. 15(1): 85–103.
redescription	Scarponi, D.; Landau, B.; Janssen, R.; Morgenroth, H.; Della Bella, G. (2014). Lectotype designation for Murex nebula Montagu 1803 (Mangeliidae) and its implications for Bela Leach in Gray 1847. Zootaxa. 3884 (1): 45–54.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139217