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

Bela keepingi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bela
Species:
B. keepingi
Binomial name
Bela keepingi
Etheridge & Bell, 1898
Synonyms
  • Bela neerlandica Beets 1946
  • Mangelia keepingi (Etheridge & Bell. 1898)
  • Mangelia (Mangelia) keepingi forma keepingi(Etheridge & A. Bell, 1898) forma consimilis (Harmer)
  • Pleurotoma keepingi Etheridge & Bell, 1898 (original combination)
  • Raphitoma keepingi (Etheridge & Bell, 1898)

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 6.6 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm.

Distribution edit

This extinct marine species was found in the Pliocene and Pleistocene strata in Cornwall, Great Britain, and in Belgium

References edit

  • Etheridge, R. & Bell, A., 1898. On the pliocene beds at St. Erth. Transactions of the Geological Society of Cornwall, 12: 111-166.

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