Propebela monterealis explained

Propebela monterealis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

Description

The length of the shell is 12 mm, its diameter 5.3 mm.

(Original description) The shell is very similar to Curtitoma trevelliana trevelliana, but larger, with the same number of whorls, the ribs less numerous, more emphatic, with wider interspaces, and a less conspicuous cord at the shoulder.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species was found in Monterey Bay, California, USA.

Further reading

• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 .

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofuni561920unit Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920)