Conorbela antarctica

Conorbela antarctica
Original image of a shell of Conorbela antarctica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Conorbela
Species:	C. antarctica
Binomial name
Conorbela antarctica (Strebel, 1908)
Synonyms[1]
Bela antarctica Strebel, 1908

Conorbela antarctica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.^[1]

Description[]

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 30 mm.

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Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off the South Shetlands, the Antarctic Peninsula and in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

References[]

• Strebel, H. 1908. Die Gastropoden (mit Ausnahme de nackten Opisthobranchier). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 6(1): 111 pp., 6 pls This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links[]

• 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.