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 [1]
Bela cancellata(Mighels & Adams, 1842) Bela cancellata canadensis(Mighels & Adams, 1842) Fusus cancellatusMighels & 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

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 .

• 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

• 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.