Propebela spitzbergensis

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

Propebela spitzbergensis
Original image of a shell of Propebela spitzbergensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Propebela
Species:	P. spitzbergensis
Binomial name
Propebela spitzbergensis (Friele, 1886)
Synonyms[1]
Bela spitzbergensis Friele, 1886 Bela rugulata var. spitzbergensis Friele, 1886 (original combination) Oenopota spitzbergensis (Friele, 1886) Propebela rugulata spitzbergensis (Friele, 1886)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 20 mm.

(Original description) The characteristics of this species are close to Propebela rugulata; the relations between the spire and the aperture, are typical. This species differs, in its sculpture, in having a more projectant angle, which may occasionally pass into a sharp protuberant edge and in a somewhat more marked spiral striation. The operculum appears to be somewhat broader than the typical one. The teeth of the radula have a peculiar recess upon the one side; the form, otherwise, is the broad typical one. Out of 6 specimens examined, all showed the same uniform structure.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Spitzbergen.