Propebela alitakensis

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

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 20 mm, its diameter 7 mm.

(Original description) The thin shell is pale yellowish, with touches of reddish brown on the prominences. It contains about six whorls, the protoconch is eroded. The suture is distinct. The axial sculpture consists of (on the body whorl 14) sigmoid ribs which cross the whorls and reach the siphonal canal with subequal interspaces. The spiral sculpture shows narrow channeled grooves with wider flattish interspaces often divided by a central feebler groove. These cover the whole surface. The aperture is simple. The white inner lip is erased. The short siphonal canal is very slightly recurved.[2]

Distribution

This marine species was found off Unimak Island, Aleutians, Alaska, USA

References
  1. Propebela alitakensis (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) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • "Canetoma alitakensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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