Antiguraleus taranakiensis

Antiguraleus taranakiensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Antiguraleus
Species:	A. taranakiensis
Binomial name
Antiguraleus taranakiensis (Marwick, 1926)
Synonyms [1]
† Mangilia taranakiensisMarwick, 1926

Antiguraleus taranakiensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. ^[1] It is found in New Zealand. ^[2]

A.G. Beu (2009) adopted Probebela for all the southern hemisphere taxa previously referred to Antiguraleus. ^[3]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species occurred on New Zealand in Late Middle Miocene-Late Miocene strata (Waiauan-Kapitean)

References

1. Marshall, B. (2015). Antiguraleus rishworthi Vella, 1954 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831683 on 7 March 2017
2. "Mangilia tarankiensis Marwick, 1926". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
3. "A.G. Beu and J.I. Raine (2009). Revised descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990). GNS Science miscellaneous series no. 27."

• Marwick J. (1926) 1926: New Tertiary Mollusca from North Taranaki. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 56: 317–33
• Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp. 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.