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Bela

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Bela may refer to:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bela, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3243285	https://www.gbif.org/species/3243285
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	10832	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10832

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Mangeliidae : Bela

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Mangeliidae : Bela

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Conoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Mangeliidae
genus	Bela	Gray 1847

Scientific Name

Bela Gray, 1847

Name Published In

Gray, J.E. (1847). On the classification of the British Mollusca by W E Leach. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 1, 20: 267-273.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Bela	subgenus	belongs to Pleurotoma	stated with evidence	Mörch, 1869
Bela	subgenus	belongs to Turris	stated without evidence	Pilsbry and Lowe, 1932
Bela	subgenus	belongs to Mangelia	stated with evidence	Carcelles, 1950
Bela	genus	belongs to Neogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Bela	genus	belongs to Turridae	stated with evidence	Baluk, 2003
Bela	genus	belongs to Turridae	stated without evidence	Vera-Peláez et al., 2004
Bela	genus	belongs to Mangeliidae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (40%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Conoidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Conoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bela

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Bela alma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela ankae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bela anna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela atlantidea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela beatriceae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela bella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela blakei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela chuni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela cycladensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela decussata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela detexta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela diachorista species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela entomella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela erosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela falbalae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela fiorentina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela formica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela fuscata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela gibbosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela hispida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela hispidula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela lirifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela manolae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela megastoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela menkhorsti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela mitrula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela nassoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela nebula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela nevropleura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela nitida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela nuperrima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela obliquigradata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela oceanica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela paesleri species	listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Bela plagisculpta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela plicatella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela plicatilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela powisiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela proxima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela pseudoappeliusi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela pseudoexilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela robusta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	13.8 Ma Miocene	13.8 Ma Miocene
Bela sanctae-monicae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela scalariformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela schoenherri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela taprurensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela trinacria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela turcica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela varovtsiana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	13.8 Ma Miocene	13.8 Ma Miocene
Bela vulpecula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela zenetouae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bela zonata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Fehria van Aartsen, 1988	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Mangeliidae : *Fehria*
Ginnania Montagne, 1841	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Mangeliidae : *Ginnania*
Ichnusa Jeffreys, 1847	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Mangeliidae : *Ichnusa*
Bella Ihering, 1907	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Mangeliidae : *Bella*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1847	Bela Gray
1869	Pleurotoma (Bela) Mörch
1932	Turris (Bela) Pilsbry and Lowe p. 322
1950	Mangelia (Bela) Carcelles p. 67
2002	Bela Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Bela Baluk p. 31
2004	Bela Vera-Peláez et al. p. 258
2008	Bela Nielson and Valdovinos p. 210
2011	Bela Bouchet et al. p. 281

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Baluk W. (2003) Middle Miocene (Badenian) gastropods from Korytnica, Poland; Part IV – Turridae, Acta Geological Polonica 53 1, 29-78

Vera-Peláez J. L., Lozano-Francisco M. C., et al (2004) Molluscos del Tirreniense (Pleistoceno Superior) de la Playa la Araña-Cala de Moral (Málaga), Revista Española de Paleontología 19 2, 251-259

Nielson S. N., Valdovinos C. (2008) Early Pleistocene mollusks of the Tubul Formation, south-central Chile, The Nautilus 122 4, 201-216

Bouchet P., Kantor Yu. I., et al (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda), Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 3, 273-308 doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017

Hansson, Hans G. (2008) "MESS - Marina Evertebrater från Södra Skandinavien (Marine Invertebrates from South Scandinavia) - a teaching aid for students. Marina syd-skandinaviska ""evertebrater"", ett naturhistoriskt urval. Web-upplaga mars 2008. http://www.tmbl.gu.se/staff/HansGHanssonP.html" - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308. - via World Register of Marine Species

Gray, J.E. (1847). On the classification of the British Mollusca by W E Leach. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 1, 20: 267-273. - via World Register of Marine Species

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 20 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (2016) Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

ERMS (2008) The European Register of Marine Species (www.marbef.org/data/erms.php -- uppdateras kontinuerligt) - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Le Renard, J. (2016) CLEMAM: Check List of European Marine Mollusca. Online: http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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