''Antiguraleus adcocki'' is a species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Mangeliidae.
[WoRMS (2015). Antiguraleus adcocki (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432981 on 2017-03-04]
Description
The length of the shell attains 14 mm.
(Original description).This is an elegantly formed shell, with a very acute
spire and moderately attenuated base. The ribs are numerous, thick and rounded, crossed by numerous rather faint spiral sulci.
G.B. Sowerby III proposed in 1896 the name ''Mangilia adcocki'' as a
nomen novum
In biological nomenclature, a ''nomen novum'' (Latin for "new name"), new replacement name (or replacement name, new substitute name, substitute name) is a scientific name that is created specifically to replace another scientific name, but only w ...
for the ''Mangilia bella'' of Adams and Angas (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 419, pi. xxxvi, fig. 6), their name being preoccupied by Hinds. G.W. Tryon (Manual of Conchology, vol. vi, p. 270) considered it identical with ''Mangelia boakei'' , Nevill, a Ceylon shell with which from the figure and description, it seems to me to have but little affinity. Adcock's list gives as a synonym ''Mangilia gracilima,'' Tenison -Woods, but I have sought the records in vain for the name.
Charles Hedley stated in 1922 :"Sowerby changed the name of this species on the ground that ''Mangilia bella'' was preoccupied by Hinds, but as a matter of fact Mangilia was used for this species neither by Hinds nor by Adams and Angas, so that the innovation was not necessary. Tryon erred in ascribing this species to Ceylon." Hedley applied the name ''Guraleus bellus''
(Adams and Angas, 1863)
The Atlas of Living Australia considers ''Guraleus bellus'' a synonym of ''
Marita bella''
(Adams & Angas, 1864) The Atlas of Living Australia: ''Marita bella''
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Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.
References
* Adams, A. & Angas, G.F. 1864. ''Descriptions of new species from Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas''. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863(III): 418-428, pl. xxxvii
* 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
* Hedley, C. 1922. ''A revision of the Australian Turridae''. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
* May, W.L. 1923. ''An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species''. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp.
External links
*
Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
Petit, R. E. (2009). ''George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa''. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
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adcocki
Gastropods described in 1896
Gastropods of Australia