''Propebela harpularia'' is a species of

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, a marine

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in the

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. The taxonomy is this species is uncertain. Relying on Tucker, the websit
, Gastropods.com
states this species as ''Oenopota harpularius'' (Couthouy, J.P., 1838), while

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states ''Oenopota harpularius'' as a synonym of ''Propebela harpularia'' (Couthouy, 1838)

Description

The characters of this species are very variable. Usually, the ribs are 14–16 in number, but some specimens have as many as 20. The colour is always red, or brownish. The interspaces between the ribs, round the angulated part of the

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, are concavely excavated. There transverse

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appears without being interrupted by the carina.Friele H., 1877: Preliminary report on the Mollusca from the Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition in 1876; Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 23: 1–10, 1 pl.

Distribution

This species occurs in arctic and boreal seas.

References

* * Couthouy, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist. 1838, Pag. 106, Pl. 1, Fig. 10. * Brunel, P.; Bosse, L.; Lamarche, G. (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. * Bogdanov, I. P. Mollusks of Oenopotinae subfamily (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia, Turridae) in the seas of the USSR. Nauka, 1990.

External links

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Nekhaev, Ivan O. "Marine shell-bearing Gastropoda of Murman (Barents Sea): an annotated check-list." Ruthenica 24.2 (2014): 75
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