Conorbela antarctica

Conorbela antarctica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Conorbela antarctica

Original image of a shell of Conorbela antarctica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Conorbela
Species:	C. antarctica
Binomial name
*Conorbela antarctica* (Strebel, 1908)
Synonyms[1]
Bela antarctica Strebel, 1908

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the South Shetlands, the Antarctic Peninsula and in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

References

Conorbela antarctica (Strebel, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.

Strebel, H. 1908. Die Gastropoden (mit Ausnahme de nackten Opisthobranchier). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 6(1): 111 pp., 6 pls This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Powell A. W. B. (1951). Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda. Discovery Reports, 26: 47–196, pl. 5–10
Kantor Y.I., Harasewych M.G. & Puillandre N. (2016). A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36(3): 153–206
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273–308
Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
"Conorbela antarctica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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