''Bela hispidula'' is an extinct species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Mangeliidae.
[Bouchet, P. (2015). Bela hispidula (Bellardi, 1847) †. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=853237 on 2017-03-19]
Description
Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in
Pleistocene strata in
Italy.
References
* Harmer, F. W. "IV. The Stratigraphical Position of the Coralline Crag." Geological Magazine 5.9 (1918): 409-412.
External links
Della Bella G., Naldi F. & Scarponi D. (2015). ''Molluschi marini del Plio-Pleistocene dell'Emilia-Romagna e della Toscana - Superfamiglia Conoidea, vol. 4, Mangeliidae II''. Lavori della Società Italiana di Malacologia. 26: 1-80*
hispidula
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