Bela plicatilis
Protoconch of a shell of Bela plicatilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Bela
Species:	B. plicatilis
Binomial name
Bela plicatilis (Risso, 1826)
Synonyms [1]
Mangelia plicatilisRisso, 1826 (original combination)

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

Contents

• Distribution
• References
• Further reading
• External links

According to J.K. Tucker (2004), Mangelia plicatilis is a synonym of Haedropleura septangularis (Montagu, G., 1803). ^[2] However, Mangelia plicatilis is currently considered valid as Bela plicatilis. ^{[1] [3]}

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea. ^[1]

References

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
• Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Pusateri, F.; Bartolini, S.; Spada, G.; Prkić, J.; Smriglio, C.; Mariottini, P. (2023). Atlante delle Conchiglie Marine del Mediterraneo - Atlas of the Mediterranean Seashells, Vol. 4 - parte seconda (Neogastropoda: Cancellarioidea e Conoidea). Palermo. Edizioni Danaus. 383 pp., 1315 col. figs
• Spada, G. (2016). Bela plicatilis (Risso, 1826) a valid species (Gastropoda, Conoidea, Mangeliidae). Bollettino Malacologico. 52 (1): 77-78.

External links

• Mariottini, P.; Vitale, F.; Trono, D.; Prkić, J.; Di Giulio, A.; Smriglio, C. (2025). "Description of three new species of Bela Leach, 1847 (Conoidea Mangeliidae) from the Mediterranean Sea" (PDF). Biodiversity Journal. 16 (2): 271–283.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)