MolluscaBase taxon details
Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803)
139217 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139217)
accepted
Species
Bela septenvillei (Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913) · unaccepted
Buccinum steveni Krynicki, 1837 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Ichnusa setaba Jeffreys, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mangelia (Bela) nebula (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted
Mangelia nebula (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted
Mangelia nebula var. lactea Jeffreys, 1867 · 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 superseded combination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)
Pleurotoma nebula (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted
Pleurotoma nebula var. abbreviata Jeffreys, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pleurotoma nebula var. elongata Jeffreys, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pleurotoma nebula var. minor Jeffreys, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pleurotoma nigra Potiez & Michaud, 1838 · unaccepted (synonym)
Raphitoma affine Locard, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)
Raphitoma nebula (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted
Raphitoma nebula var. septenvillei Dautzenberg, 1913 · 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] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139217 on 2025-09-10
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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]
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
[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]
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]
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]
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
[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]
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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To GB Mollusca Types (Murex nebula Montagu, 1803; Lectotype & Paralectotype(s); EXEMS Moll4253) (from synonym Murex nebula Montagu, 1803)
To Malacopics (Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803) Greece, Sterea Ellada, Evvoia, Nea Artaki, beached, collected August 1989, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803) Portugal, Açores, São Miguel, Ilheu de Vila Franca, beached, collected July 2000, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803))
To Malacopics (Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803))
To NHMUK collection (Murex nebula Montagu, 1803; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2909188) (from synonym Murex nebula Montagu, 1803)
To Malacopics (Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803) Greece, Sterea Ellada, Evvoia, Nea Artaki, beached, collected August 1989, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803) Portugal, Açores, São Miguel, Ilheu de Vila Franca, beached, collected July 2000, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803))
To Malacopics (Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803))
To NHMUK collection (Murex nebula Montagu, 1803; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2909188) (from synonym Murex nebula Montagu, 1803)
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.jpg "To Malacopics (Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803) Portugal, Açores, São Miguel, Ilheu de Vila Franca, beached, collected July 2000, ex coll. J. Trausel)")
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