Propebela cancellata

Propebela cancellata
	Shell of Propebela cancellata
Scientific 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
	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);

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

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

^ ^a ^b Oenopota cancellata (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
^ 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences 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.

External links

[WoRMS-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. 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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