Antiguraleus pulcherrimus

Antiguraleus pulcherrimus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Antiguraleus
Species:	A. pulcherrimus
Binomial name
Antiguraleus pulcherrimus Dell, 1956
Synonyms [1]
Propebela pulcherrima(Dell, 1956)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 3.8 mm.

Their functional group is benthos. ^[1]

Their feeding type is predatory. ^[1]

Their mating behaviour makes them a non-broadcast spawner. ^[2]

Their life cycle does not include a trochophore stage. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs off Chatham Rise, off east coast North Island and South Island, New Zealand

References

1. WoRMS (2015). Antiguraleus pulcherrimus Dell, 1956. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433000 on 2017-03-02
2. "Antiguraleus pulcherrimus". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
3. "Antiguraleus pulcherrimus". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2025-07-08.

• Dell, Richard Kenneth. The archibenthal mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum, 1956.
• 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.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
• New Zealand Mollusca: Propebela pulcherrima
• Biolib.cz: Image of Antiguraleus pulcherrimus