Guraleus delicatulus
Guraleus delicatulus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Guraleus delicatulus | |
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| Shell of Guraleus delicatulus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Guraleus |
| Species: | G. delicatulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Guraleus delicatulus (Tenison-Woods, 1879) | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 9 mm.
The shell is subdiaphanous, shining ; pale yellow, slenderly and irregularly zoned with red lines.[2]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and can be found off South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria
References
- Marshall, B. (2015). Guraleus delicatulus (Tenison-Woods, 1879). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433927 on 2017-07-08
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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- Tenison-Woods, J.E. (1879a) On some new species of Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1878, 32–40
External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42-56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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