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

Bela taprurensis (Pallary, 1904)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ginnania Monterosato, 1884

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 taprunensis*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Bela brachystoma apicalis*	F. Nordsieck, 1977	synonym
*Fehria taprurensis*	(Pallary, 1904)	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.
basis of record	Mariottini P., Di Giulio A., Smriglio C. & Oliverio M. (2015). Additional notes on the systematics and new records of East Atlantic species of the genus Sorgenfreispira Moroni, 1979 (Gastropoda Mangeliidae). Biodiversity Journal. 6(1): 431-440.
additional source	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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bela taprurensis (Pallary, 1904). 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:555930