MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Bela oceanica (Locard, 1891)

ERMS taxon details

Bela oceanica (Locard, 1891)

AphiaID

139218 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139218)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Bela Leach, 1847

Original name

Raphitoma oceanicum Locard, 1891

Synonymised names

Raphitoma oceanicum Locard, 1891 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Raphitoma oceanicum Locard, 1891) Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 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): 57 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bela oceanica (Locard, 1891). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139218 on 2026-05-24

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Bela oceanica (Locard, 1891). Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139218 on 2026-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-09-28 05:22:21Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-12-13 08:28:17Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Raphitoma oceanicum Locard, 1891) Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 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): 57 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

basis of record 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. [details]