Neoguraleus deceptus

Neoguraleus deceptus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Neoguraleus
Species:	N. deceptus
Binomial name
Neoguraleus deceptus A.W.B. Powell, 1942

Neoguraleus deceptus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. ^[1]

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs in Cenozoic strata in Otago.

References

1. WoRMS (2009). Neoguraleus manukauensis Powell, 1942. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434471 on 2017-10-17

• 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.
• 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.

External links

• Auckland Museum: Neoguraleus deceptus (holotype)