Granotoma kobelti explained

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

Description

The shell much resembles that of Curtitoma trevelliana (Turton, 1834), but the body whorl is relatively larger. The sculpture is easily distinguished by the very irregular strength of the spiral lines, and the siphonal canal is also more open than in C. trevelliana. The protoconch is smooth and mammiform, and the first whorl has two spiral ribs.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Arctic region and off Lapland.

References

• Verkrüzen T.A. 1876. Bela Kobelti n. sp. Nachrichtsblatt der deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. Achter Jahrgang. Mittheilungen aus dem Gebiete der Malakozoologie, 8(2): 17-18
• Kobelt, Jahrb. Mal. Gesell. 1876, pag. 178, PI. IV, fig. 5.
• Friele, Nordhavns Exp. Moll., vol. 2, 1886, p. 13, PL 8, fig. 15.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
• Merkuljev A.V. (2017). Taxonomic puzzle of Propebela arctica (A. Adams, 1855) (Gastropoda, Mangeliidae) - six different species under single name. Ruthenica. 27(1): 15–30

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2017). Granotoma kobelti (Verkrüzen, 1876). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=954957 on 2017-06-29
2. https://archive.org/details/MolluscaIFrie 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.