Bela keepingi

Bela keepingi
Scientific 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);

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

Description[edit]

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

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

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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