Bela plicatilis explained

Bela plicatilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

According to J.K. Tucker (2004), Mangelia plicatilis is a synonym of Haedropleura septangularis (Montagu, G., 1803).^[1] However, Mangelia plicatilis is currently considered valid as Bela plicatilis.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.

Further reading

• Arnaud, P. M., 1978 Révision des taxa malacologiques méditerrannéens introduits par Antoine Risso Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice, "1977" 5 101–150

Notes and References

1. Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 . 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 .