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Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803)

To GB Mollusca Types (Murex nebula Montagu, 1803; Lectotype & Paralectotype(s); EXEMS Moll4253)
To GB Mollusca Types (Murex nebula Montagu, 1803; Lectotype & Paralectotype(s); EXEMS Moll4253)

139217  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139217)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Conoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Mangeliidae (Family)
  9. Bela (Genus)
  10. Bela nebula (Species)
accepted
Species
Buccinum steveni Krynicki, 1837 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Ichnusa setaba Jeffreys, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mangilia nebula (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mangilia nebula var. mediofasciata Maltzan, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex nebula Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted (original combination)
Raphitoma affine Locard, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)
Raphitoma septenvillei Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Murex nebula Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139217 on 2025-07-18
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2009-12-02 14:47:43Z
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Tucker, John

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ichnusa setaba 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
page(s): 312 [details] 

original description (of Pleurotoma nigra Potiez & Michaud, 1838) Potiez, V. L. V. & Michaud, A. L. G. (1838). <i>Galerie des mollusques, ou catalogue méthodique, descriptif et raisonné des mollusques et coquilles du Muséum de Douai</i>. Tome 1, pp. xxxvi + 560 + 4 (Relevé des genres manquants; Errata). Atlas, pp. 1-56, pls I-XXXVII [= 1-37]. Paris: Baillière. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10934167 [details] 

original description (of Raphitoma affine Locard, 1891) Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon.</em> 37: 1-385 [Published 31 October 1891; also published by Baillière as a book in 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54577547
page(s): 56-57 [details] 

original description (of Mangelia nebula var. lactea Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 385 [details] 

original description (of Pleurotoma nebula var. abbreviata Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 385 [details] 

original description (of Pleurotoma nebula var. elongata Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 385; 1869; pl. 91 fig. 2 [details] 

original description (of Pleurotoma nebula var. minor Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187 [details] 

original description (of Mangilia nebula var. mediofasciata Maltzan, 1883) Maltzan, H. F. von. (1883). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der senegambischen Pleurotomiden. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 10: 115–135, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27005795
page(s): 132 [details] 

original description (of Murex nebula Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Öztürk, B. & Ovalis, P. (2024). <i>Bela</i> Leach, 1847 (Gastropoda Conoidea) species distributed along the Turkish coasts and in the Saronic Gulf (Greece) with description of <i>Bela filioae</i> n. sp. <em>Biodiversity Journal.</em> 15(1): 85–103., available online at https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2024.15.1.85.103
page(s): 92, figs 50-65 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Pusateri, F.; Bartolini, S.; Spada, G.; Prkić, J.; Smriglio, C.; Mariottini, P. (2023). <i>Atlante delle Conchiglie Marine del Mediterraneo - Atlas of the Mediterranean Seashells, Vol. 4 - parte seconda (Neogastropoda: Cancellarioidea e Conoidea)</i>. Palermo. Edizioni Danaus. 383 pp., 1315 col. figs. [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription Scarponi, D.; Landau, B.; Janssen, R.; Morgenroth, H.; Della Bella, G. (2014). Lectotype designation for <i>Murex nebula</i> Montagu 1803 (Mangeliidae) and its implications for <i>Bela</i> Leach in Gray 1847. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3884 (1): 45–54., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3884.1.3 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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LanguageName 
Danish bølgebåndet pilsnegl  [details]
Dutch slanke trapgevelhoge trapgevel  [details]
English nebular needle conch  [details]
German Perlmutt-Nadelschnecke  [details]
To Barcode of Life 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Mangelia nebula (Montagu, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications) (from synonym Pleurotoma nebula (Montagu, 1803))
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bela nebula) 
To GB Mollusca Types (Murex nebula Montagu, 1803; Lectotype & Paralectotype(s); EXEMS Moll4253) (from synonym Murex nebula Montagu, 1803)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Murex nebula Montagu, 1803)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Bela nebula (Montagu, 183) Greece, Sterea Ellada, Evvoia, Nea Artaki, beached, colle... 
To Malacopics (Bela nebula (Montagu, 183) Portugal, Açores, São Miguel, Ilheu de Vila Franca, beach... 
To Malacopics (Bela nebula (Montagu, 183)) 
To Malacopics (Bela nebula (Montagu, 183)) 
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-2748) (from synonym Raphitoma affine Locard, 1891)
To NHMUK collection (Murex nebula Montagu, 1803; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2909188) (from synonym Murex nebula Montagu, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Mangelia nebula (Montagu, 1803))
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma nebula (Montagu, 1803))
To PESI (from synonym Raphitoma nebula (Montagu, 1803))
To PESI (from synonym Raphitoma nebula var. septenvillei Dautzenberg, 1913)
To PESI (from synonym Mangelia nebula var. lactea Jeffreys, 1867)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma nebula var. abbreviata Jeffreys, 1867)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma nebula var. elongata Jeffreys, 1867)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma nebula var. minor Jeffreys, 1867)
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Bela septenvillei (Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913))
To PESI (from synonym Mangelia (Bela) nebula (Montagu, 1803))
To PESI (from synonym Murex nebula Montagu, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum steveni Krynicki, 1837)
To PESI (from synonym Ichnusa setaba Jeffreys, 1847)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma nigra Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
To PESI (from synonym Raphitoma affine Locard, 1891)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
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