Neoguraleus murdochi

Neoguraleus murdochi
Two shells of Neoguraleus murdochi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Neoguraleus
Species:	N. murdochi
Binomial name
Neoguraleus murdochi (Finlay, 1924)
Synonyms[1]
† Clathurella corrugata R. Murdoch, 1900

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

Description[]

The length of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.

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Distribution[]

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs throughout New Zealand and at the Steward Island; fossils have been found in Pliocene strata.

References[]

• 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.
• Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p. 239)
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

External links[]

• HJ Finlay, Some necessary changes in names of New Zealand Mollusca; Journal of Molluscan Studies, 1924
• New Zealand Mollusca: Neoguraleus murdochi
• Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
• "Neoguraleus murdochi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.