Lorabela plicatula

Lorabela plicatula
Original image of a shell of Lorabela plicatula
Scientific 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 plicatulaThiele, 1912 (original combination) Oenopota plicatula(Thiele, 1912)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 12 mm. ^[2]

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
2. "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

• 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.