Neoguraleus benthicolus

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

Neoguraleus benthicolus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Neoguraleus
Species:
N. benthicolus
Binomial name
Neoguraleus benthicolus
A.W.B. Powell, 1942
Synonyms[1]

Neoguraleus benthicola Powell, 1942

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off South Island.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2015). Neoguraleus benthicolus Powell, 1942. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832156 on 2017-10-17
  • Powell, Arthur William Baden. The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics. No. 2. Unity Press limited, printers, 1942.
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p. 239)
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.


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