Propebela monterealis

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Propebela monterealis
Original image of Propebela monterealis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Propebela
Species:
P. monterealis
Binomial name
Propebela monterealis
(Dall, 1919)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lora monterealis Dall, 1919 (original description)
  • Canetoma monterealis (Dall, W.H., 1919)

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

Description[edit]

The length of the shell is 12 mm, its diameter 5.3 mm.

(Original description) The shell is very similar to Curtitoma trevelliana trevelliana, but larger, with the same number of whorls, the ribs less numerous, more emphatic, with wider interspaces, and a less conspicuous cord at the shoulder.[2]

Distribution[edit]

This marine species was found in Monterey Bay, California, USA.

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.