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

Bela atlantidea (Knudsen, 1952)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cythara Schumacher, 1817

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 clarae*	Peñas & Rolán, 2008	synonym
*Brachycythara atlantidea*	(Knudsen, 1952)	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.
new combination reference	Mariottini P., Smriglio C., Calascibetta A. & di Giulio A. (2012) Taxonomic remarks on Bela atlantidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Mangeliidae) and updated distribution in the Mediterranean basin. Marine Biodiversity Records 5: e120.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bela atlantidea (Knudsen, 1952). 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:716482