Propebela angulosa

Propebela angulosa
	Original image of a shell of Propebela angulosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Propebela
Species:	P. angulosa
Binomial name
	Propebela angulosa; (G. O. Sars, 1878)
Synonyms
	Bela angulosa Sars G. O., 1878; Oenopota angulosa (Sars G.O., 1878); Pleurotoma angulosa Herzenstein, 1885;

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 12 mm. Its characteristics are close to Propebela cancellata (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)

The solid elongate-fusiform shell is white. The spire is turreted. The shell contains 7 whorls. The suture is distinct and deeply impressed. The longitudinal sculpture shows about 14 elevated ribs. The spiral sculpture consists of many striae, mostly below the carina.

Distribution

This species was found in the Barentz Sea.

References

^ ^a ^b Propebela angulosa (G. O. Sars, 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.

Brunel, P.; Bosse, L.; Lamarche, G. (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.
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213
Bogdanov I. (1990). Mollusks of Oenopotinae Subfamily (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia, Turridae) in the seas of the USSR. Leningrad 221 p

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[WoRMS-1] Propebela angulosa (G. O. Sars, 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.

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