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Guraleus australis

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Guraleus australis
Apertural view of a shell of Guraleus australis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Guraleus
Species:
G. australis
Binomial name
Guraleus australis
(Adams & Angas, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela australis Adams & Angas, 1864 (original combination)
  • Guraleus (Mitraguraleus) australis (Adams & Angas, 1864)
  • Mangilia australis Sowerby III, 1896
  • Mangelia australis Hedley, 1913
  • Mitraguraleus australis (A. Adams & G.F. Angas, 1864)

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

This species was considered a variety of Mangilia mitralis ( = Guraleus mitralis) by Pritchard and Gatliff in 1900 [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Guraleus australis (Adams & Angas, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432718 on 2017-07-07
  2. ^ Pritchard and Gatliff, Proc Roy. Soc. Vict., xii., 1900, p. 173