Bela keepingi
| Bela keepingi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Bela |
| Species: | B. keepingi
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| Binomial name | |
| Bela keepingi Etheridge & Bell, 1898
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Bela keepingi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
The shell of Bela keepingi is relatively small, with a length that can reach up to 6.6 mm and a diameter of about 2.2 mm.
Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in the Pliocene and Pleistocene strata in Cornwall, Great Britain, and in Belgium.
References
- Etheridge, R. & Bell, A., 1898. On the pliocene beds at St. Erth. Transactions of the Geological Society of Cornwall, 12: 111-166.
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