Bela Leach, 1847

Scarponi, Daniele, Bella, Giano Della, Dell’Angelo, Bruno, Huntley, John Warren & Sosso, Maurizio, 2016, Middle Miocene conoidean gastropods from western Ukraine (Paratethys): Integrative taxonomy, palaeoclimatogical and palaeobiogeographical implications, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61 (2), pp. 327-344 : 336

Genus Bela Leach in Gray, 1847

Type species: Murex nebula Montagu, 1803 , Great Britain seas, Recent .

Remarks. —Identification of the type species of this genus was problematic because its type material was thought lost e.g., Mariottini et al. 2009). Recently, the finding in the Montagu Collection (Exeter, UK) of six specimens of M. nebula led to its lectotype designation ( Scarponi et al. 2014b). This designation allowed us to shed light on the morphology of this species and preliminarily characterize the great variability within Bela as currently conceived ( Scarponi et al. 2014b). However, to strengthen the understanding and consistent usage of the genus Bela , a detailed quantitative characterisation of the genus is currently underway.