“Lorabela plicatula (Thiele, 1912) (Figs 405, 407)
Bela plicatula Thiele, 1912: 215, pl. 14, fig. 4.
Lorabela plicatula Powell, 1951: 171; Powell, 1958: 202; Powell, 1960: 159; Powell, 1966: 122; Egorova, 1982: 48, fig. 203.
MATERIAL EXAMINED: USNM 613127, 72º08’S, 172º10’E, 433 m.
DISTRIBUTION: The known range of L. plicatula is from 89ºE to 138ºE along the antarctic continent in 220-640 m, and from the Ross Sea in 351-433 m.”
(Dell, 1990: 238-239)
Lorabela plicatula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 12 mm.
This species occurs in the Ross Sea and Weddell Sea, Antarctica
Lorabela plicatula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
