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Propebela angulosa

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Propebela angulosa
Original image of a shell of Propebela angulosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Propebela
Species:
P. angulosa
Binomial name
Propebela angulosa
(G. O. Sars, 1878)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela angulosa Sars G. O., 1878
  • Oenopota angulosa (Sars G.O., 1878)
  • Pleurotoma angulosa Herzenstein, 1885

Propebela angulosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 12 mm. Its characteristics are close to Propebela cancellata (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)

The solid elongate-fusiform shell is white. The spire is turreted. The shell contains 7 whorls. The suture is distinct and deeply impressed. The longitudinal sculpture shows about 14 elevated ribs. The spiral sculpture consists of many striae, mostly below the carina.

Distribution

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This species was found in the Barentz Sea.

References

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  • Brunel, P.; Bosse, L.; Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213
  • Bogdanov I. (1990). Mollusks of Oenopotinae Subfamily (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia, Turridae) in the seas of the USSR. Leningrad 221 p
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