Deep-Sea taxon details
Bela Leach, 1847
137807 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137807)
accepted
Genus
Pleurotoma (Bela) Leach, 1847 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Bela abyssorum Locard, 1897 accepted as Gymnobela abyssorum (Locard, 1897) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bela alberti (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906) accepted as Phymorhynchus alberti (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bela angusteplicata Strebel, 1905 accepted as Antarctospira angusteplicata (Strebel, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bela bergensis Friele, 1886 accepted as Propebela bergensis (Friele, 1886)
- Species Bela demersa Tiberi, 1868 accepted as Taranis moerchii (Malm, 1861) (synonym)
- Species Bela detegata Locard, 1897 accepted as Propebela bergensis (Friele, 1886) (synonym)
- Species Bela furfuraculata Locard, 1897 accepted as Propebela bergensis (Friele, 1886) (synonym)
- Species Bela graphica Locard, 1897 accepted as Oenopota graphica (Locard, 1897) (original combination)
- Species Bela grimaldii Dautzenberg, 1889 accepted as Amphissa acutecostata (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
- Species Bela guernei Dautzenberg, 1891 accepted as Belomitra quadruplex (R. B. Watson, 1882) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Bela holomera Locard, 1897 accepted as Gymnobela pyrrhogramma (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) accepted as Austrobela pyrrhogramma (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) (synonym)
- Species Bela limatula Locard, 1896 accepted as Amphissa acutecostata (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
- Species Bela martensi Strebel, 1905 accepted as Mangelia martensi (Strebel, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bela notophila Strebel, 1908 accepted as Strebela notophila (Strebel, 1908) (original combination)
- Species Bela nuperrima (Tiberi, 1855) accepted as Vexiguraleus hispidulus (Bellardi, 1847)
- Species Bela polysarca (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) accepted as Gymnobela frielei (A. E. Verrill, 1885)
- Species Bela recondita Locard, 1897 accepted as Gymnobela pyrrhogramma (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) accepted as Austrobela pyrrhogramma (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) (synonym)
- Species Bela rugulata (Reeve, 1846) accepted as Propebela rugulata (Reeve, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish
recent + fossil
Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 270 [details]
page(s): 270 [details]
Taxonomy Because of taxonomic uncertainty regarding the type species, many authors in the XIX century e.g. G.O. Sars (1878) used the...
Taxonomy Because of taxonomic uncertainty regarding the type species, many authors in the XIX century e.g. G.O. Sars (1878) used the generic name Bela for species correctly placed in Propebela, Oenopota or Curtitoma, and then used Raphitoma for species currently placed in Bela [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bela Leach, 1847. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137807 on 2026-06-07
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Bela Leach, 1847. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137807 on 2026-06-07
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Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 270 [details]
additional source Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 77(3): 273-308., available online at http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full.pdf [details] Available for editors
page(s): 270 [details]
additional source Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 77(3): 273-308., available online at http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full.pdf [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Because of taxonomic uncertainty regarding the type species, many authors in the XIX century e.g. G.O. Sars (1878) used the generic name Bela for species correctly placed in Propebela, Oenopota or Curtitoma, and then used Raphitoma for species currently placed in Bela [details]
Unreviewed
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