Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Conoidea > Family Mangeliidae > Genus Propebela

Propebela turricula (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Propebela*	Iredale, 1918	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Bela turricula*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Bela turricula var. ecostata*	Norman, 1899	synonym
*Bela turriculata*	Locard, 1891	synonym
*Murex angulatus*	Donovan, 1804	synonym
*Oenopota turricula*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Tritonium turricula*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: trapgevel

English: small staircase cone; turriculate lora sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

German: Kleine Treppenschnecke; Treppengiebelchen; Treppenschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974].
additional source	Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Propebela turricula (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160446