ERMS taxon details
Bela Leach, 1847
137807 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137807)
accepted
Genus
Murex nebula Montagu, 1803 accepted as Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803) (type by subsequent designation)
Fehria van Aartsen, 1988 · unaccepted
Ginnania Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted
Ichnusa Jeffreys, 1847 · unaccepted (name introduced in synonymy, not...)
name introduced in synonymy, not available
Mangelia (Bela) Leach, 1847 · unaccepted
Pleurotoma (Bela) Leach, 1847 · unaccepted
- Species Bela atlantidea (Knudsen, 1952)
- Species Bela beatriceae (Mariottini, 2007)
- Species Bela cycladensis (Reeve, 1845)
- Species Bela decussata (Locard, 1891)
- Species Bela fuscata (Deshayes, 1835)
- Species Bela ginnania (Risso, 1826)
- Species Bela menkhorsti van Aartsen, 1988
- Species Bela minoica Bogi, Giannuzzi Savelli & Pusateri, 2021
- Species Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803)
- Species Bela oceanica (Locard, 1891)
- Species Bela plicatilis (Risso, 1826)
- Species Bela powisiana (Dautzenberg, 1887)
- Species Bela spalatina Prkić & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 2022
- Species Bela taprurensis (Pallary, 1904)
- Species Bela zenetouae (van Aartsen, 1988)
- Species Bela zonata (Locard, 1891)
- Subgenus Bela (Haedropleura) Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 accepted as Haedropleura Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
- Species Bela abyssorum Locard, 1897 accepted as Gymnobela abyssorum (Locard, 1897) (original combination)
- Species Bela americana A. S. Packard, 1867 accepted as Propebela scalaris (Møller, 1842) (synonym)
- Species Bela angulosa G. O. Sars, 1878 accepted as Propebela angulosa (G. O. Sars, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bela arctica A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Propebela arctica (A. Adams, 1855) (original combination)
- Species Bela assimilis G. O. Sars, 1878 accepted as Propebela assimilis (G. O. Sars, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bela bicarinata (Couthouy, 1838) accepted as Curtitoma violacea (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
- Species Bela brachystoma (R. A. Philippi, 1844) accepted as Sorgenfreispira brachystoma (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bela clarae Peñas & Rolán, 2008 accepted as Bela atlantidea (Knudsen, 1952)
- Species Bela confusa (Locard, 1897) accepted as Sorgenfreispira brachystoma (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
- Species Bela conoidea G. O. Sars, 1878 accepted as Curtitoma conoidea (G. O. Sars, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bela costulata (Risso, 1826) accepted as Mangelia costulata Risso, 1826 accepted as Smithiella costulata (Risso, 1826)
- Species Bela decussata (Couthouy, 1839) accepted as Curtitoma decussata (Couthouy, 1839) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- 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 expansa G. O. Sars, 1878 accepted as Lusitanops expansus (G. O. Sars, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bela furfuraculata Locard, 1897 accepted as Propebela bergensis (Friele, 1886) (synonym)
- Species Bela gouldii A. E. Verrill, 1882 accepted as Propebela rugulata (Reeve, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective 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 harpa Dall, 1885 accepted as Oenopota harpa (Dall, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bela hebes A. E. Verrill, 1880 accepted as Curtitoma hebes (A. E. Verrill, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bela holomera Locard, 1897 accepted as Gymnobela pyrrhogramma (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) accepted as Austrobela pyrrhogramma (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) (synonym)
- Species Bela kobelti Verkrüzen, 1876 accepted as Granotoma kobelti (Verkrüzen, 1876) (original combination)
- Species Bela laevigata (R. A. Philippi, 1836) accepted as Bela zonata (Locard, 1891)
- Species Bela laevigata Dall, 1871 accepted as Obesotoma laevigata (Dall, 1871)
- Species Bela limatula Locard, 1896 accepted as Amphissa acutecostata (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
- Species Bela mingoranceae Martín Pérez & Vera Peláez, 2007 accepted as Bela powisiana (Dautzenberg, 1887) (junior synonym)
- Species Bela minuscularia Locard, 1897 accepted as Curtitoma violacea (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) (synonym)
- Species Bela mitrula Lovén, 1846 accepted as Propebela exarata (Møller, 1842) (synonym)
- Species Bela nobilis (Møller, 1842) accepted as Propebela nobilis (Møller, 1842)
- Species Bela nuperrima (Tiberi, 1855) accepted as Vexiguraleus hispidulus (Bellardi, 1847)
- Species Bela obliqua G. O. Sars, 1878 accepted as Oenopota obliqua (G. O. Sars, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bela ornata (Locard, 1891) accepted as Smithiella costulata (Risso, 1826) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Bela polysarca (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) accepted as Gymnobela frielei (A. E. Verrill, 1885)
- Species Bela pygmaea A. E. Verrill, 1882 accepted as Curtitoma ovalis (Friele, 1877) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Bela pyramidalis (Strøm, 1788) accepted as Oenopota pyramidalis (Strøm, 1788)
- 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)
- Species Bela scalaris (Møller, 1842) accepted as Propebela scalaris (Møller, 1842)
- Species Bela scalaroides G. O. Sars, 1878 accepted as Propebela scalaroides (G. O. Sars, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bela schmidti Friele, 1886 accepted as Oenopota harpa (Dall, 1885) (synonym)
- Species Bela septangularis (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Haedropleura septangularis (Montagu, 1803)
- Species Bela septenvillei (Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913) accepted as Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803)
- Species Bela subarctica Derjugin, 1924 accepted as Propebela rugulata (Reeve, 1846) (synonym)
- Species Bela taprunensis [sic] accepted as Bela taprurensis (Pallary, 1904) (misspelling of Bela taprurensis (Pallary, 1904))
- Species Bela tenuicostata G. O. Sars, 1878 accepted as Oenopota tenuicostata (G. O. Sars, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bela turricula (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Propebela turricula (Montagu, 1803)
- Species Bela turriculata Locard, 1891 accepted as Propebela turricula (Montagu, 1803) (synonym)
- Species Bela violacea (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) accepted as Curtitoma violacea (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
- Species Bela minuta (Reeve, 1844) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bela Leach, 1847. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137807 on 2025-05-21
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Bela Leach, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137807 on 2025-05-21
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original description
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]
original description (of Fehria van Aartsen, 1988) van Aartsen, J. J. (1988). European Mollusca: notes on less well-known species. 12. <i>Bela menkhorsti</i> nom. nov. = <i>Pleurotoma nana</i> Scacchi, 1836 not Deshayes, 1835 and <i>Fehria</i> (nov. gen.) <i>zenetouae</i> nov. spec. <em>La Conchiglia.</em> 20 (232-233): 30-31. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Ichnusa Jeffreys, 1847) Jeffreys, J. G. (1847). Descriptions and notices of British shells. <i>Annals and. <em>Magazine of Natural History.</em> 19: 309-314., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2266459 [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]
page(s): 270 [details]
original description (of Fehria van Aartsen, 1988) van Aartsen, J. J. (1988). European Mollusca: notes on less well-known species. 12. <i>Bela menkhorsti</i> nom. nov. = <i>Pleurotoma nana</i> Scacchi, 1836 not Deshayes, 1835 and <i>Fehria</i> (nov. gen.) <i>zenetouae</i> nov. spec. <em>La Conchiglia.</em> 20 (232-233): 30-31. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Ichnusa Jeffreys, 1847) Jeffreys, J. G. (1847). Descriptions and notices of British shells. <i>Annals and. <em>Magazine of Natural History.</em> 19: 309-314., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2266459 [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
