Propebela rufa

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Propebela rufa
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Shells of Propebela rufa (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Propebela
Species:
P. rufa
Binomial name
Propebela rufa
(Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms [1]
  • Bellaspira rufa(Montagu, 1803)
  • Fusus cranchiiT. Brown, 1827
  • Murex chordulaTurton, 1819
  • Murex rufusMontagu, 1803 (original combination)
  • Oenopota pyramidalis bretannicaNordsieck, 1977
  • Oenopota rufa(Montagu, 1803)
  • Pleurotoma rufa(Montagu, 1803)
  • Pleurotoma rufa var. angustaJeffreys, 1867
  • Pleurotoma rufa var. lacteaJeffreys, 1867
  • Pleurotoma rufa var. semicostataJeffreys, 1867
  • Pleurotoma ulideana [sic] ((misspelling))
  • Pleurotoma ulidianaThompson W., 1845

Propebela rufa, common name the red conelet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 13 mm.

The shell contains 7 whorls. These are rather convex and very slightly shouldered. The 14 or 15 ribs are narrower than the interstices. The surface is covered with fine close revolving striae. The color of the shell is chocolate-brown, the ribs are lighter colored. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Southwest British Isles and Northern France.

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