Biology:Propebela cancellata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Propebela cancellata
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Shell of Propebela cancellata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Propebela
Species:
P. cancellata
Binomial name
Propebela cancellata
(Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela cancellata (Mighels & Adams, 1842)
  • Bela cancellata canadensis (Mighels & Adams, 1842)
  • Fusus cancellatus Mighels & Adams, 1842 (original combination)
  • Lora cancellata (Mighels & Adams, 1842)
  • Oenopota cancellata (Mighels & Adams, 1842)

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

Description

The shell has its axial ribs curved sigmoidally. The part between the suture and the ridge is devoid of spiral sculpture. The teeth of the radula are ensiform.[2]

The shell contains nine whorls, somewhat convex, narrowly obtusely shoulders. The ribs are strong, flexuous, with a sigmoid curve at the shoulder. They are crossed by coarse spiral cinguli. The color of the shell is white, stained rosy or light chestnut, or yellowish.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine.

References

  • Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 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.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3140583 entry