Propebela cancellata

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

Propebela cancellata
Shell of Propebela cancellata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Propebela
Species:	P. cancellata
Binomial name
Propebela cancellata (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
Bela cancellata (Mighels & Adams, 1842) Bela cancellata canadensis (Mighels & Adams, 1842) Fusus cancellatus Mighels & Adams, 1842 (original combination) Lora cancellata (Mighels & Adams, 1842) Oenopota cancellata (Mighels & Adams, 1842)

Description

The shell has its axial ribs curved sigmoidally. The part between the suture and the ridge is devoid of spiral sculpture. The teeth of the radula are ensiform.^[2]

The shell contains nine whorls, somewhat convex, narrowly obtusely shoulders. The ribs are strong, flexuous, with a sigmoid curve at the shoulder. They are crossed by coarse spiral cinguli. The color of the shell is white, stained rosy or light chestnut, or yellowish.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine.