Lorabela plicatula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Original image of a shell of Lorabela plicatula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Lorabela |
| Species: | L. plicatula
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| Lorabela plicatula (Thiele, 1912)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 12 mm.[2]
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Ross Sea and Weddell Sea, Antarctica
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2016). Lorabela plicatula (Thiele, 1912). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197250 on 2017-08-06
- ^ "Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods - Lorabela plicatula". Conchology.
- Thiele, Johannes. "Die antarktischen schnecken und muscheln." Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition (1901–1903) 13 (1912): 183-286.
External links
edit- Kantor Y.I., Harasewych M.G. & Puillandre N. (2016). A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36(3): 153-206
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- "Lorabela plicatula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.