- Source: Gymnobela felderi
Gymnobela felderi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description
The rather solid shell is in form and general appearance like Bela. The spire is generally rather short. The body whorl is swollen. The whorls are often shouldered. The sculpture is rather strong. The protoconch has a fine-cancellated sculpture. The subsutural band is not strongly marked. The posterior notch of the lip is shallow and usually not very distinct. The operculum is absent.
Fossils have been found in the Pliocene strata of Panama and the Quaternary strata of Costa Rica (age range: 3.6 to 0.781 Ma).
Distribution
G. felderi can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana.
References
Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.
External links
García E.F. 2005. Six new deep-water molluscan species (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae, Conoidea) from the Gulf of Mexico. Novapex, 6(4): 79-87
Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
Gastropods.com: Gymnobela felderi
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/246817-Gymnobela
