Predator in the circalittoral down to the upper shelf.
Replacement name for Pleurotoma nana Scacchi, 1836.
40-50m deep, Cannizzaro, Aci Castello, Catania, E. Sicily. 7,4mm.
Catalogus conchyliorum Regni Neapolitani…, Napoli 1857.
« Testa parva ovalo-ventrosa, rufo-fusca, linoa pallidiore per medium ultimi anfractus decurrente; striis transversis exilissimis, costisque in longum digestis; labro acuto »
« Outline of shell and teleoconch sculpture are indistinguishable from those of Bela zenetouae […]. On the contrary, the protoconch shows useful diagnostic features at the species level. The multispiral protoconch of Bela menkhorsti is completely different from the paucispiral one of Bela zenetouae. » – Mariottini & al: “A new fossil conoidean from the pliocene…”, Journal of Conchology 40(1):5-14, october 2009, via ResearchGate.
150-200 m deep, Granada, Andalucia, S. Spain. 6mm.
10-25m deep, Kaštela Bay, Split, Dalmatia, S. Croatia. 5,5mm.
Original pictures provided by P. Ugarković (HR).
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