Propebela arctica

Propebela arctica
	Shell of Propebela arctica (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Propebela
Species:	P. arctica
Binomial name
	Propebela arctica; (Adams, 1855)
Synonyms
	Bela arctica A. Adams, 1855 (original combination); Canetoma viridula (Møller, H.P.C., 1842); Oenopota arctica (Adams, 1855); Oenopota viridula (Møller, 1842); Propebela viridula sensu (Møller, 1842);

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

^ ^a ^b Propebela arctica (Adams, 1855). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
^ Adams A. (1855). Description of two new genera and several new species of Mollusca, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 23: 119–124

Bogdanov I. (1990). Mollusks of Oenopotinae Subfamily (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia, Turridae) in the seas of the USSR. Leningrad 221 p

External links edit

[WoRMS-1] Propebela arctica (Adams, 1855). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.

[2] Adams A. (1855). Description of two new genera and several new species of Mollusca, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 23: 119–124

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Propebela arctica

Shell of Propebela arctica (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Propebela
Species:	P. arctica
Binomial name
*Propebela arctica* (Adams, 1855)
Synonyms^[1]
Bela arctica A. Adams, 1855 (original combination) Canetoma viridula (Møller, H.P.C., 1842) Oenopota arctica (Adams, 1855) Oenopota viridula (Møller, 1842) Propebela viridula sensu (Møller, 1842)