Guraleus incrusta

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Guraleus incrusta
Guraleus incrusta 001.jpg
Drawing of a shell of Guraleus incrusta
Scientific classification edit
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 incrusta Tryon, 1884
  • Drillia incrusta Tenison-Woods, 1877
  • Guraleus (Guraleus) incrusta (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
  • Guraleus incrustus (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
  • Mangelia st-gallae Tenison-Woods, 1877
  • Pleurotoma (Drilla ?) incrusta Tenison-Woods, 1877 (original combination)

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

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.

References[]

  1. ^ a b 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 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131–159
  • 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
  • May, W.L. 1923. An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp.

External links[]

  • Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. On some new Tasmanian marine shells; Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1877 Public Domain 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 (Guraleus) incrusta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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