Guraleus wilesianus

Guraleus wilesianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Guraleus
Species:	G. wilesianus
Binomial name
	Guraleus wilesianus; Hedley, 1922
Synonyms
	Antiguraleus wilesianus (Hedley, 1922); Guraleus costatus var. wilesianus Hedley, 1922 (original combination);

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

Description[]

The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

(Original description) The shell has the same characteristics as in Guraleus costatus, but it is more slender in contour, and develops spiral striae on the intercostal spaces of the upper whorls.^[2]

Distribution[]

This marine species is endemic to Australia and can be found off South Australia.

References[]

^ ^a ^b WoRMS (2009). Guraleus wilesianus Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435272 on 2017-07-05
^ Hedley C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Cotton, B. C. (1947). Australian Recent and Tertiary Turridae. Field Naturalist's Section of the Royal Society of South Australia Conchology Club Publication. 4: 1–34.

External links[]

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.

[WoRMS-1] WoRMS (2009). Guraleus wilesianus Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435272 on 2017-07-05

[2] Hedley C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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