Propebela scalaroides

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| taxon =Propebela scalaroides

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| image_caption = Original image of a shell of Propebela scalaroides

| authority = (Sars G. O., 1878)

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  • Bela scalaroides Sars G. O., 1878
  • Oenopota scalaroides (Sars G.O., 1878)

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Propebela scalaroides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.{{WRMS species|367572|Propebela scalaroides (Sars G. O., 1878)||29 March 2010}}

Description

The length of the shell varies between 22 mm and 27 mm.

The small, white shell has an elongate-fusiform shape. The shell contains 7 slightly convex whorls. The spire is longer than the aperture. The shell is longitudinally plicate

with about 20 ribs. The sharp apex resembles Propebela rugulata, and the same is the case with the operculum . The teeth of the radula have the broad typical form.[https://archive.org/details/MolluscaIFrie 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.] {{PD-notice}}

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Eastern Greenland and off Nova Zembla.

References

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  • 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