Guraleus delicatulus

Guraleus delicatulus
Shell of Guraleus delicatulus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Guraleus
Species:	G. delicatulus
Binomial name
Guraleus delicatulus (Tenison-Woods, 1879)
Synonyms [1]
Daphnella delicatulaG.W. Tryon, 1884 Guraleus (Guraleus) insculptus delicatulus(Tenison-Woods, 1879) Mangelia delicatulaTenison-Woods, 1879 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

The shell is subdiaphanous, shining ; pale yellow, slenderly and irregularly zoned with red lines. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and can be found off South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria

References

1. Marshall, B. (2015). Guraleus delicatulus (Tenison-Woods, 1879). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433927 on 2017-07-08
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Tenison-Woods, J.E. (1879a) On some new species of Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1878, 32–40

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42-56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .