Propebela harpularia (Couthouy 1838)

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

The taxonomy is this species is uncertain. Relying on Tucker, the website |Gastropods.com states this species as Oenopota harpularius (Couthouy, J.P., 1838),^[2] while WoRMS states Oenopota harpularius as a synonym of Propebela harpularia (Couthouy, 1838)^[3]

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 body whorl, are concavely excavated. There transverse sculpture appears without being interrupted by the carina.^[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in arctic and boreal seas.

References

• Harmer, F. W. (1915). The Pliocene Mollusca of Great Britain being supplementary to SV Wood's Monograph of the Crag.
• 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.