''Propebela cancellata'' is a species of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
in the
family
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Mangeliidae
Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
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Description
The shell has its axial ribs curved sigmoidally. The part between the suture and the ridge is devoid of spiral
sculpture
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. The teeth of the
radula
The radula (, ; plural radulae or radulas) is an anatomical structure used by molluscs for feeding, sometimes compared to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food ...
are ensiform.
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.
G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
Distribution
This species occurs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine
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References
* Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. ''Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence''. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
External links
Mighels J.W. & Adams C.B. (1842). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of New England shells. Boston Journal of Natural History, 4: 37–54, pl. 4
Trott, T.J. 2004. ''Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years.'' Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261–324
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cancellata
Cancellata is a suborder of bryozoans in the order Cyclostomatida.
Families
The following families are accepted:
*Calvetiidae Borg, 1944 (1+ Genera, 2+ Species)
* Canaliporidae Brood, 1972 (1+ Genera, 4+ Species)
* Crassodiscoporidae Brood, 197 ...
Gastropods described in 1842