Biology:Propebela arctica

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Propebela arctica
Propebela arctica 001.jpg
Shell of Propebela arctica (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Propebela
Species:
P. arctica
Binomial name
Propebela arctica
(Adams, 1855)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela arctica A. Adams, 1855 (original combination)
  • Canetoma viridula (Møller, H.P.C., 1842)
  • Oenopota arctica (Adams, 1855)
  • Oenopota viridula (Møller, 1842)
  • Propebela viridula sensu (Møller, 1842)

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

Description

The length of the whitish, ovate-fusiform shell varies between 7.5 mm and 13 mm. The aperture and the spire have about the same length. The shell contains five whorls. These are longitudinally eroded with angulated and nodulose plicae and transversely by obscure grooves. The body whorl is swollen. The aperture is ovate. The thin, outer lip is expanded. The siphonal canal is short.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Barents Sea, the Sea of Japan and in the Bering Strait.

References

  • Bogdanov I. (1990). Mollusks of Oenopotinae Subfamily (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia, Turridae) in the seas of the USSR. Leningrad 221 p

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3172557 entry