Propebela monterealis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
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| Original image of Propebela monterealis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Propebela |
| Species: | P. monterealis
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| Propebela monterealis (Dall, 1919)
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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
- ^ a b Propebela monterealis (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
- ^ 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.
Further reading edit
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.