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Propebela monterealis

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Species of gastropod

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
  • 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.

Description

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.

Distribution

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

References

  1. ^ Propebela monterealis (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  2. Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Further reading

Taxon identifiers
Propebela monterealis
Lora monterealis
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