Guraleus incrusta

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Guraleus incrusta
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Drawing of a shell of Guraleus incrusta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Guraleus
Species:
G. incrusta
Binomial name
Guraleus incrusta
(Tenison-Woods, 1877)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clathurella st. Gallae (sic.) Verco, J.C. 1909
  • Clathurella incrustaTryon, 1884
  • Drillia incrustaTenison-Woods, 1877
  • Guraleus (Guraleus) incrusta(Tenison-Woods, 1877)
  • Guraleus incrustus(Tenison-Woods, 1877)
  • Mangelia st-gallaeTenison-Woods, 1877
  • Pleurotoma (Drilla ?) incrustaTenison-Woods, 1877 (original combination)

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm. It is a smaller shell than Guraleus lallemantianus (Crosse & Fischer, 1865), with two of the revolving striae more prominent (on the body whorl 8–9), slightly keel-like. [2]

Distribution

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

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References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2009). Guraleus incrusta (Tenison-Woods, 1877). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433938 on 2017-07-12
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.