Biology:Propebela spitzbergensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Propebela spitzbergensis
Propebela spitzbergensis 001.jpg
Original image of a shell of Propebela spitzbergensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Propebela
Species:
P. spitzbergensis
Binomial name
Propebela spitzbergensis
(Friele, 1886)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela spitzbergensis Friele, 1886
  • Bela rugulata var. spitzbergensis Friele, 1886 (original combination)
  • Oenopota spitzbergensis (Friele, 1886)
  • Propebela rugulata spitzbergensis (Friele, 1886)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 20 mm.

(Original description) The characteristics of this species are close to Propebela rugulata; the relations between the spire and the aperture, are typical. This species differs, in its sculpture, in having a more projectant angle, which may occasionally pass into a sharp protuberant edge and in a somewhat more marked spiral striation. The operculum appears to be somewhat broader than the typical one. The teeth of the radula have a peculiar recess upon the one side; the form, otherwise, is the broad typical one. Out of 6 specimens examined, all showed the same uniform structure.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Spitzbergen.

References

  • Bogdanov, I. P. Mollusks of Oenopotinae subfamily (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia, Turridae) in the seas of the USSR. Nauka, 1990.
  • 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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7250125 entry