Bellia

For the turtle genus, see Siebenrockiella. For Roman women named Bellia, see Bellia gens.

Bellia picta is a species of crab that lives around the coasts of South America, and the only species in the genus Bellia.^[1] On the Atlantic coast, it is found in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, while on the Pacific coast, it is found off Peru and Chile.^[2] It probably lives in burrows and is a filter feeder.^[3]

Bellia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Belliidae
Genus:	Bellia H. Milne-Edwards, 1848
Species:	B. picta
Binomial name
Bellia picta H. Milne-Edwards, 1848