Lorabela plicatula

Lorabela plicatula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Lorabela plicatula
Original image of a shell of Lorabela plicatula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Lorabela
Species:
L. plicatula
Binomial name
Lorabela plicatula
(Thiele, 1912)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela plicatula Thiele, 1912 (original combination)
  • Oenopota plicatula (Thiele, 1912)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Ross Sea and Weddell Sea, Antarctica

References

  1. 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
  • Thiele, Johannes. "Die antarktischen schnecken und muscheln." Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition (1901–1903) 13 (1912): 183-286.
  • 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.


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