Propebela spitzbergensis

Propebela spitzbergensis
	Original image of a shell of Propebela spitzbergensis
Scientific classification
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
	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

^ ^a ^b Propebela spitzbergensis (Friele, 1886). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
^ Friele H., 1877: Preliminary report on the Mollusca from the Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition in 1876; Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 23: 1-10, 1 pl. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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

Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
Nekhaev, Ivan O. "Marine shell-bearing Gastropoda of Murman (Barents Sea): an annotated check-list." Ruthenica 24.2 (2014): 75

[WoRMS-1] Propebela spitzbergensis (Friele, 1886). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.

[2] Friele H., 1877: Preliminary report on the Mollusca from the Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition in 1876; Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 23: 1-10, 1 pl. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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