Antiguraleus rossianus

Antiguraleus rossianus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Antiguraleus
Species:	A. rossianus
Binomial name
Antiguraleus rossianus A.W.B. Powell, 1942
Synonyms [1]
Propebela rossiana(Powell, 1942)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.3 mm, its diameter 1.8 mm.

Its functional group is Benthos. ^[1]

Its feeding type is predatory. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs North of Auckland Islands, New Zealand.

References

1. Marshall, B. (2015). Antiguraleus rossianus Powell, 1942. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433001 on 2017-03-02

• 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.

External links

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