{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | taxon =Bela oceanica | image = Bela oceanica 01.jpg | image_caption = Shells of ''Bela oceanica'' | authority = ([[Arnould Locard|Locard]], 1897) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Bela nebula oceanica'' <small>É.A.A. Locard, 1897</small> * ''Raphitoma oceanicum'' <small>Locard, 1892</small> ([[basionym]]) | display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Bela oceanica''''' is a species of [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Mangeliidae]].<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|139218|''Bela oceanica'' (Locard, 1897)||8 August 2011}}</ref>

==Taxonomy== Species of uncertain validity, in need of revision.<ref name="WoRMS" />

==Description== The length of the shell varies between 7&nbsp;mm and 9&nbsp;mm. {{Expand section|date=March 2017}}

==Distribution== This species is found in European waters, in the [[English Channel]]; in the [[Alboran Sea]], [[Mediterranean Sea]], and in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off [[West Africa]] and the [[Canary Islands]].

==References== {{Reflist}} * Locard, Arnould. ''Mollusques testacés: Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883/sous la dir. de A. Milne-Edward''. Masson, 1897. * Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp.&nbsp;180–213

==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id280714/ Biolib.cz: Image of ''Bela oceanica''] * [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1-1295.]

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[[Category:Bela (gastropod)|oceanica]] [[Category:Gastropods described in 1897]] [[Category:Taxa named by Arnould Locard]]

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