Bela plicatella
Extinct species of gastropod
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Bela plicatella is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Bela plicatella | |
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| Shell of Bela plicatella (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Bela |
| Species: | B. plicatella |
| Binomial name | |
| Bela plicatella (Bellardi, 1847) | |
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Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in Pleistocene strata in Italy and in Pliocene strata in the Alpes-Maritimes, France.
