Bela fuscata
Species of gastropod
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Bela fuscata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Bela fuscata | |
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| Shell of Bela fuscata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Bela |
| Species: | B. fuscata |
| Binomial name | |
| Bela fuscata (Deshayes, 1835) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Distribution
This species is found in European waters off the British Isles and Spain; other specimens were found in the Adriatic Sea and in the Aegean Sea.
Fossil specimens were found in Pleistocene strata in Italy.
