Propebela rufa

Propebela rufa, common name the red conelet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

Propebela rufa
Shells of Propebela rufa (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Propebela
Species:	P. rufa
Binomial name
Propebela rufa (Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms[1]
Bellaspira rufa (Montagu, 1803) Fusus cranchii T. Brown, 1827 Murex chordula Turton, 1819 Murex rufus Montagu, 1803 (original combination) Oenopota pyramidalis bretannica Nordsieck, 1977 Oenopota rufa (Montagu, 1803) Pleurotoma rufa (Montagu, 1803) Pleurotoma rufa var. angusta Jeffreys, 1867 Pleurotoma rufa var. lactea Jeffreys, 1867 Pleurotoma rufa var. semicostata Jeffreys, 1867 Pleurotoma ulideana [sic] ((misspelling)) Pleurotoma ulidiana Thompson W., 1845

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 13 mm.

The shell contains 7 whorls. These are rather convex and very slightly shouldered. The 14 or 15 ribs are narrower than the interstices. The surface is covered with fine close revolving striae. The color of the shell is chocolate-brown, the ribs are lighter colored.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Southwest British Isles and Northern France.