Biology:Conorbela antarctica

Short description: Species of gastropod

Conorbela antarctica
Original image of a shell of Conorbela antarctica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Conorbela
Species:	C. antarctica
Binomial name
Conorbela antarctica (Strebel, 1908)
Synonyms
Bela antarctica Strebel, 1908

Conorbela antarctica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the South Shetlands, the Antarctic Peninsula and in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

References

• Strebel, H. 1908. Die Gastropoden (mit Ausnahme de nackten Opisthobranchier). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 6(1): 111 pp., 6 pls This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

• Powell A. W. B. (1951). Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda. Discovery Reports, 26: 47–196, pl. 5–10
• Kantor Y.I., Harasewych M.G. & Puillandre N. (2016). A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36(3): 153–206
• Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273–308
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf. 
• "Conorbela antarctica" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_9806.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3717746 entry