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

Bela fuscata (Deshayes, 1835)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Pleurotoma Lamarck, 1799

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

*Pleurotoma kieneri*	Maravigna, 1840	junior homonym
*Ginnania fuscata*	(Deshayes, 1835)	synonym
*Mangelia fuscata*	(Deshayes, 1835)	synonym
*Pleurotoma fusca*	Calcara, 1839	synonym
*Pleurotoma ginnanianum*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym

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.
additional source	Prkić, J. & Giannuzzi-Savelli, R. (2022). A new species of Bela Leach in J.E. Gray, 1847 (Conoidea Mangeliidae) from Croatia. Biodiversity Journal. 13(4): 841-852.
additional source	Landau, B., Harzhauser, M. and Giannuzzi-Savelli, R. (2023). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 18: Mangeliidae (Gastropoda, Conoidea). Cainozoic Research. 23(1), 47-111.
additional source	Della Bella G., Naldi F. & Scarponi D. (2015). Molluschi marini del Plio-Pleistocene dell'Emilia-Romagna e della Toscana - Superfamiglia Conoidea, vol. 4, Mangeliidae II. Lavori della Società Italiana di Malacologia. 26: 1-80.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bela fuscata (Deshayes, 1835). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181083