Propebela arctica
| Propebela arctica | |
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| Shell of Propebela arctica (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Propebela |
| Species: | P. arctica
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| Binomial name | |
| Propebela arctica (Adams, 1855)
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Propebela arctica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description[edit]
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[edit]
This species occurs in the Barents Sea, the Sea of Japan and in the Bering Strait.
References[edit]
- Bogdanov I. (1990). Mollusks of Oenopotinae Subfamily (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia, Turridae) in the seas of the USSR. Leningrad 221 p
External links[edit]
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- Merkuljev A.V. (2017). Taxonomic puzzle of Propebela arctica (A. Adams, 1855) (Gastropoda, Mangeliidae) - six different species under single name. Ruthenica. 27(1): 15–30
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Nekhaev, Ivan O. "Marine shell-bearing Gastropoda of Murman (Barents Sea): an annotated check-list." Ruthenica 24.2 (2014): 75