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Bela

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae

Taxonomy
Bela was named by Gray (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 614,700]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Pleurotoma (Bela) by Mörch (1869); it was reranked as Turris (Bela) by Pilsbry and Lowe (1932); it was reranked as Mangelia (Bela) by Carcelles (1950).

It was assigned to Pleurotoma by Mörch (1869); to Turris by Pilsbry and Lowe (1932); to Mangelia by Carcelles (1950); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Turridae by Baluk (2003), Vera-Peláez et al. (2004) and Nielson and Valdovinos (2008); and to Mangeliidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMangeliidae(Fischer 1884)
genusBelaGray 1847

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Bela Gray 1847
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Bela ankae Gürs 2001
Bela paesleri Strebel 1905
Bela robusta Scarpioni et al. 2016
Bela varovtsiana Scarpioni et al. 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Pleurotoma rebeccae (90455)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) B. juncea (42636 42639 42641 42644)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) B. juncea (42640)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France B. burdigalina, B. elegantissima (74861)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany B. sp. (111599)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy B. vulpecula, B. sp. 1 (178108)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy B. scalariformis (178116)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Ukraine B. varovtsiana, B. robusta (179929)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) B. nassoides (42692 42870 111204 136943)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia B. sparsa, B. subturgida, B. subfusiformis (73139) B. subtusiformis (73141)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania B. pseudobrachystoma (123125)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy B. brachystoma (78335)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium B. antwerpiensis, B. belgica, B. tenuistriata (179048) B. gliberti, B. antwerpiensis (179079)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) B. brachystoma, B. bucciniformis, B. megastoma, B. luisae, B. nebula, B. nitida, B. submarginata, B. turgida, B. vulpecula (178117)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Chile B. paesleri (89241)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Iceland B. plicifera (79894 79979)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) B. tabulata (71142)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain B. nebula (128384)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland (Disko Island) B. pingeli (227045)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain B. nebula (76579)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland B. nobilis (227027) B. nobilis, B. exarata, B. harpularia, B. trevelyana (227028) B. nobilis, B. exarata, B. tenuicosta (227030)