Mitraguraleus mitralis

Mitraguraleus mitralis
Shells of Mitraguraleus mitralis (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Mitraguraleus
Species:	M. mitralis
Binomial name
Mitraguraleus mitralis (Adams & Angas, 1864)
Synonyms [1]
Bela mitralisAdams & Angas, 1864 (original combination) Daphnella mitralis(Adams & Angas, 1864) Guraleus (Mitraguraleus) australis(Adams & Angas, 1864) Guraleus (Mitraguraleus) mitralis(Adams & Angas, 1864) Mangilia australisSowerby III, 1896 Mangelia australisHedley, 1913 Mangilia mitralis(Adams & Angas, 1864) Mitraguraleus australis(A. Adams & G.F. Angas, 1864) Guraleus mitralis(Adams & Angas, 1864) Propebela mitralis(Adams & Angas, 1864)

Mitraguraleus mitralis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. It was originally described as Bela mitralis. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 millimetres (0.71 in).

(Original description in Latin) The shell is ovate-fusiform and turreted, appearing pale tawny, and adorned with reddish-brown spots at the sutures. The 7 whorls are somewhat angled posteriorly, slightly excavated at the sutures, longitudinally plicate (folded), with the interstices being transversely striated. The ribs become obsolete on the body whorl. The aperture is elongated and narrow. The lip is smooth and simple, and the outer lip is thin and regularly arched. ^[2]

Distribution

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

References

1. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Mitraguraleus mitralis A. Adams & Angas, 1864". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species.
2. Adams, A. & Angas, G.F. 1864. Descriptions of new species from Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863(III): 418–428, pl. xxxvii This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Brazier, J. 1889. Notes and critical remarks on a donation of shells sent to the Museum of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Journal of Conchology 6: 66–84
• Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1900. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part III. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 12(2): 170–205
• Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 293–342
• Hedley, C. 1913. Studies of Australian Mollusca. Part XI; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 38 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
• 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 .
• May, W.L. 1923. An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp.
• Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1–56, pls 1–12.

External links

• Sowerby, G.B., III. (1896) List of the Pleurotomidae of South Australia, with descriptions of some new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 2, 24–32, pl. 3 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
• "Guraleus (Mitraguraleus) mitralis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.