Bela beatriceae (formerly Brachycythara beatriceae) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Bouchet, P. (2013). Bela beatriceae (Mariottini, 2007). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716483 on 2017-03-15
Description
The length of the shell attains 7 mm.
It was described in 2007 by Paolo Mariottini based on shell morphology. It is distinguished from the closely related Brachycythara atlantidea by differences in shell shape, sculpture, and protoconch characteristics.Mariottini, Paolo (2007). "Brachycythara beatriceae, a new species from the Alboran Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conidae)". The Nautilus. 121 (3): 159–162. Distribution This species occurs in the Alboran Sea, part of the Mediterranean Sea and in tropical West Africa waters off the coast off Western Sahara, where it inhabits muddy bottoms.
References
Mariottini P., Smriglio C., Calascibetta A. & di Giulio A. (2012) Taxonomic remarks on Bela atlantidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Mangeliidae) and updated distribution in the Mediterranean basin. Marine Biodiversity Records 5: e120
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