Neoguraleus huttoni

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

Neoguraleus huttoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Neoguraleus
Species:
N. huttoni
Binomial name
Neoguraleus huttoni
(E. A. Smith, 1915)
Synonyms[1]

Mangilia huttoni E. A. Smith, 1915 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 3.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the northern part of North Island.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Neoguraleus huttoni (E. A. Smith, 1915). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434468 on 2017-10-18
  • 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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