Bela nuperrima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Bela nuperrima (Tiberi, 1855). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=853245 on 2017-03-19
Description The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 14 mm.
The rather thin shell shows about twelve distant, small longitudinal riblets, crossed by distant raised lines.G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
Distribution This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal
Fossils of this marine species were found in Pleistocene strata in Italy.
References
Philippi, Moll. Sicil., ii, 174, t. 26, f. 23, 1844 Della Bella G., Naldi F. & Scarponi D. (2015). Molluschi marini del Plio-Pleistocene dell'Emilia-Romagna e della Toscana - Superfamiglia Conoidea, vol. 4, Mangeliidae II. Lavori della Società Italiana di Malacologia. 26: 1-80
External links
Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
MNHN, Paris: holotype