Antiguraleus morgana

Antiguraleus morgana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Antiguraleus
Species:	A. morgana
Binomial name
Antiguraleus morgana (Barnard, 1958)
Synonyms [1]
Drillia morganaBarnard, 1958 (original combination)

Antiguraleus morgana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.1 mm, its diameter 3.3 mm.

Antiguraleus morgana inhabits sandy seabeds off the coast of South Africa at depths of about 40 to 100 meters. It feeds on small benthic invertebrates and plays a role in the coastal marine food web. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East Cape Province to Transkei, South Africa

The species is found along the eastern coast of South Africa, where it occupies soft marine sediments and contributes to the region’s overall molluscan diversity.

References

1. WoRMS (2015). Antiguraleus morgana (Barnard, 1958). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432991 on 2017-03-06
2. Barnard, K. H. (January 1962). "Revised List of South African Late Tertiary and Pleistocene Marine Mollusca". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 36 (4): 179–196. doi:10.1080/00359196209519047. ISSN   0035-919X.

External links

• Barnard, K. H. 1958. Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part I. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa. Annals of the South African Museum 44 (4): 73-163, figs. 1-30, pI. 1.
• Kilburn, R. N. "Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 7. Subfamily Crassispirinae, section 2." Annals of the Natal Museum 35.1 (1994): 177-228.
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.