Bela zonata

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | taxon =Bela zonata | image = Bela laevigata (Philippi, 1836) (4269781132).jpg | image_caption = Shell of ''Bela zonata'' | authority = ([[Arnould Locard|Locard]], 1892) | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = * ''Bela laevigata'' (Philippi, 1836) * ''Drillia nebula'' var. ''laevigata'' (Philippi, 1836) * ''Pleurotoma laevigata'' Philippi, 1836 (synonym) * ''Pleurotoma laevigatum'' Philippi, 1836 (basionym; incorrect gender ending) * ''Raphitoma zonatum'' Locard, 1892 ([[basionym]]) | display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Bela zonata''''' is a species of [[sea snail]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Mangeliidae]].<ref name="WoRMS">{{WoRMS |id=139221 |title=''Bela zonata'' (Locard, 1892) |db=MolluscaBase |access-date=22 June 2024 }}</ref><ref name=Gastropods.com/>

==Description== The length of the shell attains 7 mm.<ref name=Gastropods.com/> The shell is elongated, with the ribs not so prominent, and sometimes nearly obsolete, the revolving striae faint.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences] (described as ''Drillia nebula'' var. ''laevigata'')</ref>

==Distribution== This species occurs in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and in the Eastern [[Atlantic Ocean]].<ref name="WoRMS"/><ref name=Gastropods.com/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=Gastropods.com>{{cite web |title=''Bela zonata'' |url=https://conchology.be/?t=263&family=MANGELIIDAE%20MANGELIINAE&fullspecies=Bela%20zonata&shellID=74748 |work=Gastropods.com |access-date=22 June 2024 }}</ref> }}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * Backeljau, T. (1986). ''Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]''. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp * Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). ''The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas''. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. {{ISBN|0-948150-06-8}} * 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. 180–213 * Muller, Y. (2004). ''Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]''. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236902832_New_records_of_Bela_powisiana_Dautzenberg_1887_Gastropoda_Conidae_in_southern_Europe Urra J. & Gofas S. (2009)'' New records of ''Bela powisiana'' (Dautzenberg, 1887) (Gastropoda: Conidae) in southern Europe''. Journal of Conchology 40(1): 1–4] * [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295] * [https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/im/item/2000-3408?listIndex=130&listCount=132 MNHN, Paris: syntype]

[[Category:Bela (gastropod)|zonata]] [[Category:Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean]] [[Category:Molluscs of the Mediterranean Sea]] [[Category:Gastropods described in 1892]] [[Category:Taxa named by Arnould Locard]]