Bela antwerpiensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Bela antwerpiensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species:
B. antwerpiensis
Binomial name
Bela antwerpiensis
R. Marquet, 1997
Synonyms
  • Bela neerlandica Beets 1946
  • Mangelia (Mangelia) keepingi (Etheridge & A. Bell, 1898) forma consimilis (Harmer)
  • Moniliopsis neerlandica Beets, 1946
  • Pleurotoma brachystoma, Phil - NYST, p. 53 (non Pleurotoma brachystoma Philippi, 1844)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2.7 mm.

Distribution

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This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata in Belgium

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