Neoguraleus manukauensis
Neoguraleus manukauensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Neoguraleus manukauensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Neoguraleus |
| Species: | N. manukauensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Neoguraleus manukauensis A.W.B. Powell, 1942 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 12.5 mm, its diameter 5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Manukau Harbour, North Island.
References
- WoRMS (2009). Neoguraleus manukauensis Powell, 1942. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434471 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. and 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.
- Morley, M. S. May/1998: Visible Evidence Series 6: Turridae, Poirieria, 22 (p. 14)
External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- New Zealand Mollusca: Neoguraleus manukauensis
- Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
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