Propebela rugulata

Propebela rugulata
	Shells of Propebela rugulata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Propebela
Species:	P. rugulata
Binomial name
	Propebela rugulata; (Møller in Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms
	Bela gouldii Verrill, 1882; Bela rugulata (Reeve, 1846); Bela rugulata var. clathrata Friele, 1886; Bela subarctica Derjugin, 1924; Oenopota rugulata (Reeve, 1846); Oenopota rugulatus [sic] (incorrect gender ending); Pleurotoma rugulatus Reeve, 1846 (original combination); Pleurotoma ulidiana Thompson W., 1845; Propebela gouldii A. E. Verrill, 1882;

Propebela rugulata (common name : Gould's northern turrid) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Description

The whorls are angulated; the axial ribs straight, and not sigmoid. The length of the aperture is about the same as that of the spire. The angulated part of the ultimate whorl is sharp. The apex has a somewhat flattened protoconch. The first whorl has two prominent spiral ribs. The teeth of the radula vary, from broad-coniform to elongate-coniform ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Greenland to Massachusetts, USA. Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata of Iceland, age range: 2.588 to 0.012 Ma

References

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.
Abbott R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls
Bogdanov, I. P. Mollusks of Oenopotinae subfamily (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia, Turridae) in the seas of the USSR. Nauka, 1990.
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.

External links

[WoRMS-1] Propebela rugulata (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 September 2010.

[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.

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