Propebela cancellata

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

Propebela cancellata
Shell of Propebela cancellata
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. cancellata
Binomial name
Propebela cancellata
(Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela cancellata (Mighels & Adams, 1842)
  • Bela cancellata canadensis (Mighels & Adams, 1842)
  • Fusus cancellatus Mighels & Adams, 1842 (original combination)
  • Lora cancellata (Mighels & Adams, 1842)
  • Oenopota cancellata (Mighels & Adams, 1842)

Description

The shell has its axial ribs curved sigmoidally. The part between the suture and the ridge is devoid of spiral sculpture. The teeth of the radula are ensiform.[2]

The shell contains nine whorls, somewhat convex, narrowly obtusely shoulders. The ribs are strong, flexuous, with a sigmoid curve at the shoulder. They are crossed by coarse spiral cinguli. The color of the shell is white, stained rosy or light chestnut, or yellowish.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine.

References
  1. Oenopota cancellata (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
  2. Friele H., 1877: Preliminary report on the Mollusca from the Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition in 1876; Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 23: 1–10, 1 pl. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
  • Mighels J.W. & Adams C.B. (1842). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of New England shells. Boston Journal of Natural History, 4: 37–54, pl. 4
  • Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261–324
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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