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

Bela menkhorsti van Aartsen, 1988

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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

Species group names

*Pleurotoma nana*	Scacchi, 1836	synonym

Literature

original description	van Aartsen J.J. (1988). European Mollusca: notes on less well-known species. 12. Bela menkhorsti nom. nov. = Pleurotoma nana Scacchi, 1836 not Deshayes, 1835 and Fehria (nov. gen.) zenetouae nov. spec.. La Conchiglia 20(232-233): 30-31
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
redescription	Peñas A., Rolán E. & Ballesteros M., 2008: Segunda adición a la fauna malacológica del litoral de Garraf (NE de la Península Ibérica). Iberus 26(2): 15-42

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Bela menkhorsti van Aartsen, 1988. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139216