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
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: 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

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References

  • 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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