Guraleus tasmanicus

Guraleus tasmanicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Guraleus tasmanicus
Shell of Guraleus tasmanicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Guraleus
Species:
G. tasmanicus
Binomial name
Guraleus tasmanicus
(Tenison-Woods, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cithara tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1876 (original combination)
  • Cythara tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1876
  • Guraleus (Euguraleus) tasmanicus tasmanicus (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
  • Mangilia alternata Tenison-Woods, 1879
  • Cythara maccoyi Petterd, 1879

Description

The length of the shell attains 12 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

(Original description) The shell is fusiform, attenuate at both ends, ivory white, between the lirae tinged with very pale red. The spire is raised and longer than the aperture. The shell contains 7 whorls, convex, angular behind and excavate above. They are elegantly ribbed lengthwise (12–14 in body whorl), transversely regularly lirate. The ribs are angular, smooth, shining. The lirae are broad and flattened. The aperture is narrowly ovate. The outer lip is thin.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and can be found off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

References
  1. Marshall, B. (2015). Guraleus tasmanicus (Tenison-Woods, 1876). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432716 on 2017-07-12
  2. Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131–159 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Petterd, W. 1879. New species of Tasmanian marine shells. Journal of Conchology 2: 102–105
  • Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1900. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part III. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 12(2): 170–205
  • May, W.L. 1923. An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Guraleus (Euguraleus) tasmanicus tasmanicus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • 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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