Propebela turricula

Treppengiebelchen, West beach of Sylt

The Treppengiebelchen ( Propebela turricula ), also known as Ladder screw or Small Lora (synonyms: Lora turricula and Oenopota turricula ), is a snail from the family of slot tower snails belonging to the related cone snails to Pfeilzünglern ( Conoidea ).

Dissemination

One finds the animal on soft soils in the duration flood zone of the Atlantic and his side seas English Channel, North Sea and Baltic Sea.

It lives at depths of 20-270 meters on sand and mud reason on sandbanks with the polychaete Sabellaria.

Appearance

The Treppengiebelchen has up to eight clearly distinct whorls, the mouth of the case is long and club-shaped, with a short Siphonalrinne. On the surface of the housing of 1.8 cm high worm is broad axial ribs and delicate spiral ribs can be seen. The body of the animal is white, yellow, brown, sometimes almost gray.

Food

The Treppengiebelchen like all Pfeilzüngler a predatory snail, which is open at the proboscis tip with fangs. That gives her the chance to paralyze the victim and then kill them.