Propebela assimilis

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

Propebela assimilis
Shells of Propebela assimilis (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Propebela
Species:
P. assimilis
Binomial name
Propebela assimilis
(Sars G. O., 1878)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela assimilis Sars G. O., 1878
  • Lora assimilis (Sars G.O., 1878)
  • Oenopota assimilis (Sars G.O., 1878)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Sea of Japan; off the Lofotens and Arctic Norway

References

  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213
  • Bogdanov I. (1990). Mollusks of Oenopotinae Subfamily (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia, Turridae) in the seas of the USSR. Leningrad 221 p


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