Bela keepingi explained

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

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

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

External links

• Image of Bela keepingi

Notes and References

1. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288396035_The_Pliocene_turrid_gastropods_of_Belgium_Part_1_Drilliidae_Turridae_Conidae_genus_Bela R. Marquet, The Pliocene turrid gastropods of Belgium. Part 1: Drilliidae, Turridae, Conidae (genus Bela) ; BULLETIN VAN HET KONINKLIJK BELGISCH INSTITUUT VOOR NATUURWETENSCHAPPEN, AARDWETENSCHAPPEN. 67: 119-151. 1997