Lorabela plicatula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Bouchet, P. (2016). Lorabela plicatula (Thiele, 1912). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197250 on 2017-08-06
Description The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 12 mm.
(Original description in German) The shell attains a somewhat more significant size than Belalora striatula (Thiele, 1912). They are less angular and only quite indistinctly spirally grooved. The described shell is 5.7 mm high and 3 mm wide, and consists of 3 3/4 whorls, of which the first 1 1/2 are smooth and rounded, while the following whorls show a rounded shoulder edge and distinct, curved longitudinal folds. The body whorl is weakly arched (or slightly convex), and is faintly offset below towards the siphonal canal; the spiral grooves, even if only shallow, are nevertheless clearly discernible on the underside and at the beginning of the siphonal canal.Thiele, Johannes. "Die antarktischen schnecken und muscheln." Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition (1901–1903) 13 (1912): 183-286
Distribution This species occurs in the Ross Sea and Weddell Sea, Antarctica
References
External links Kantor Y.I., Harasewych M.G. & Puillandre N. (2016). A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36(3): 153-206 Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.