North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

(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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139217 on 2025-02-03

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2009-12-02 14:47:43Z

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Tucker, John

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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]

original description (of Ichnusa setaba Jeffreys, 1847) Jeffreys, J. G. (1847). Descriptions and notices of British shells. Annals and. Magazine of Natural History. 19: 309-314., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2266459
page(s): 312 [details]

original description (of Raphitoma affine 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): 56-57 [details]

original description (of Pleurotoma nigra Potiez & Michaud, 1838) Potiez, V. L. V. & Michaud, A. L. G. (1838). Galerie des mollusques, ou catalogue méthodique, descriptif et raisonné des mollusques et coquilles du Muséum de Douai. 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 Mangelia nebula var. lactea Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. 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). British conchology. 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). British conchology. 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). British conchology. 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. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 10: 115–135, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27005795
page(s): 132 [details]

basis of record Öztürk, B. & Ovalis, P. (2024). Bela Leach, 1847 (Gastropoda Conoidea) species distributed along the Turkish coasts and in the Saronic Gulf (Greece) with description of Bela filioae n. sp. Biodiversity Journal. 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

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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]

redescription Scarponi, D.; Landau, B.; Janssen, R.; Morgenroth, H.; Della Bella, G. (2014). Lectotype designation for Murex nebula Montagu 1803 (Mangeliidae) and its implications for Bela Leach in Gray 1847. Zootaxa. 3884 (1): 45–54., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3884.1.3 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Danish	bølgebåndet pilsnegl	[details]
Dutch	slanke trapgevelhoge trapgevel	[details]
English	nebular needle conch	[details]
German	Perlmutt-Nadelschnecke	[details]