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Propebela mitrata

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Propebela mitrata
Original image of a shell of Propebela mitrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Propebela
Species:
P. mitrata
Binomial name
Propebela mitrata
(Dall, 1919)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lora mitrata Dall, 1919 (original description)
  • Canetoma mitrata (Dall, W.H., 1919)

Propebela mitrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 24 mm, its diameter 11 mm.

(Original description) The shell resembles Obesotoma tenuilirata cimata, but with a sharper sculpture, higher spire, a shorter aperture, a more gyrate columella, and a darker color, especially on the keel at the shoulder.[2]

Distribution

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The Propebela mitrata is typically found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in the Sea of Japan and from Port Clarence, Bering Strait, to the Shumagin Islands, Alaska.

References

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  • "Canetoma mitrata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.