Bela is a genus of sea snails; marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Taxonomy
Because of taxonomic uncertainty regarding the type species, many authors in the 19th century e.g. G.O. Sars (1878) and W.H.Dall (1919) used the generic name Bela for unrelated species correctly placed in Propebela, Oenopota or Curtitoma, and then used Raphitoma for species currently placed in Bela.
Description
The ovate shell is fusiform. The surface is dull, smooth, or longitudinally ribbed. The spire is elevated and shorter than the body whorl. The columella is flattened. The siphonal canal is short. The outer lip shows a small sinus at its junction with the body whorl.
Species
Species within the genus Bela (gastropod) include:
Bela alma Thiele, 1925
Bela ampla Smith, E.A., 1884 (taxon inquirendum) † Bela angulifera (de Boury, 1899) † Bela ankae Gürs, 2001 Bela anna Thiele, 1925 † Bela antwerpiensis R. Marquet, 1997 Bela atlantidea (Knudsen, 1952) Bela barbiton (Melvill, J.C., 1904) Bela beatriceae (Mariottini, 2007) † Bela belgica (Van Regteren Altena, 1959) Bela bella Barnard, 1958 † Bela cataractae (Oostingh, 1938) Bela chuni Thiele, 1925 † Bela crassicostata Cossmann, 1889 † Bela consimilis (Harmer, 1915) Bela cycladensis (Reeve, 1845) Bela decussata (Locard, 1897) † Bela dekoningi Koperberg, 1931 † Bela detexta (Bellardi, 1877) Bela dyscrita (Watson, R.B., 1881) † Bela falbalae Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2018 † Bela fiorentina Della Bella, Naldi & Scarponi, 2015 Bela fuscata (Deshayes, 1835) † Bela gervillei (G.P. Deshayes, 1835) † Bela hispida (Bellardi, 1877) † Bela hispidula (Bellardi, 1847) † Bela idjowensis (Oostingh, 1938) † Bela keepingi (Etheridge & Bell, 1898) † Bela keukelaari Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020 † Bela konstantinoui Kolokotronis, 2023 † † Bela lamellicostata Cossmann, 1889 † Bela lirifera (Bellardi, 1877) (taxon inquirendum) Bela manolae Horro, Gori & Rolán, 2017 † Bela megastoma (Brugnone, 1862) Bela menkhorsti van Aartsen, 1988 Bela minoica Bogi, Giannuzzi Savelli & Pusateri, 2021 Bela nassoides J. Gardner, 1938 Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803) † Bela nevropleura (Brugnone, 1862) Bela nuperrima (Tiberi, 1855) Bela obliquigradata E.A. Smith, 1884 Bela oceanica (Locard, 1897) † Bela odhneri Harmer, 1915 Bela orientalis K.H.J. Thiele, 1925 Bela patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1841) † Bela pediensis Kolokotronis, 2021 † Bela peyroti Glibert, 1960 † Bela plagisculpta Della Bella, Naldi & Scarponi, 2015 † Bela plicatella (Bellardi, 1847) Bela plicatilis (Risso, 1826) Bela powisiana (Dautzenberg, 1887) † Bela proxima (Cocconi, 1873) † Bela pseudoappeliusi Naldi, Della Bella & Scarponi, 2013 † Bela pseudomegastoma Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020 † Bela pseudoturgida (Strausz, 1954) † Bela pseudovulpecula Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020 † Bela quadrata (Peyrot, 1938) † Bela redoniana Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020 † Bela scarponii Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020 † Bela sceauxensis Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020 Bela schoenherri Horro, Ryall & Rolán, 2018 † Bela seyithasanensis B.M. Landau & al., 2013 Bela submarginata (G. Bonelli in L.M.D. Bellardi, 1847) Bela spalatina Prkić & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 2022 Bela taprurensis (Pallary, 1904) † Bela tenuistriata (A. Bell, 1871) † Bela trinacria Mariottini & Smriglio, 2009 Bela turcica K.H.J. Thiele, 1925 Bela turgida (L.A. Reeve, 1844) (nomen dubium) † Bela varovtsiana Scarponi & al., 2016 † Bela vulpecula (Brocchi, 1814) Bela zenetouae (van Aartsen, 1988) Bela zonata (Locard, 1892)