#4703 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Turreted Conelet
🇳🇱 Trapgeveltje ·Propebela turricula
🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Scott's Bay, NS B0P 1H0, Canada
📍 Somerset, England, GB
📍 Oosterend Terschelling, Nederland
📍 Rømø, 6792 Rømø, Dänemark
📍 26548 Norderney, Deutschland
📍 Monster, NL-ZH, NL
📍 Monster, NL-ZH, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. Scott's Bay, NS B0P 1H0, Canada:© ipat · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. Somerset, England, GB:© sylviem76 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Oosterend Terschelling, Nederland:© Ties Kemme · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Rømø, 6792 Rømø, Dänemark:© karin_schrieber · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 8. 26548 Norderney, Deutschland:© David Kaliss · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Monster, NL-ZH, NL:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Monster, NL-ZH, NL:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Propebela turricula , common name the turreted conelet , is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 13 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 36 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by George Montagu in 1803 (223 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Turreted Conelet
- Nederlands
- Trapgeveltje
- scientific name
- Propebela turricula
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Neogastropoda
- family
- Mangeliidae
- sightings in NL
- 13
- sightings in Europe
- 21
- sightings worldwide
- 36
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,937
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1803 by George Montagu
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 482480, Wikidata Q626951, GBIF 2303689, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.