''Guraleus'' is a genus of

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mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The thin shell is fusiform or subcylindrical. The colour ranges from uniform buff, with or without chocolate spiral lines or bands, to entire chocolate. The

protoconch A protoconch (meaning first or earliest or original shell) is an embryonic or larval shell which occurs in some classes of molluscs, e.g., the initial chamber of an ammonite or the larval shell of a gastropod. In older texts it is also called ...

consists of two or three smooth helicoid

whorl A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs). Whorls in nature File:Photograph and axial plane floral ...

s. Fasciole don't interrupt the sculpture, and are scarcely indicated by the curvature of growth lines. Sculpture :—The radials vary from bold spaced ribs projecting at the shoulder to fine close riblets. The entire shell, except the protoconch, is overrun with fine, close, beaded or unbeaded threads. The aperture measures about half the length of the shell, with or without armature. The outer lip is slightly inflected. The sinus is subsutural, deeply rounded. The

siphonal canal The siphonal canal is an anatomical feature of the shells of certain groups of sea snails within the clade Neogastropoda. Some sea marine gastropods have a soft tubular anterior extension of the mantle called a siphon through which water is ...

is short and open.

Distribution

This genus of marine species occurs off

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(Indonesia) and Australia ( New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia). One species, ''

Guraleus amplexus ''Guraleus amplexus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Gofas, S. (2010). Guraleus amplexus. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.or ...

'', occurs off South Africa, another, ''

Guraleus kamakuranus ''Guraleus kamakuranus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Marshall, B. (2017). Guraleus kamakuranus (Pilsbry, 1904). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' off Japan and Korea.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Guraleus'' : * ''

Guraleus alucinans ''Guraleus alucinans'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Guraleus alucinans (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at htt ...

'' (Sowerby III, 1896) * ''

'' (Gould, 1860) * ''

Guraleus anisus ''Guraleus anisus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Guraleus anisus (Cotton, 1947). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespe ...

'' (Cotton, 1947) * ''

Guraleus asper ''Guraleus asper'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Guraleus asper Laseron, 1954. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecie ...

'' Laseron, 1954 * ''

Guraleus australis ''Guraleus australis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Guraleus australis (Adams & Angas, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http:// ...

'' (Adams & Angas, 1864) * ''

Guraleus bordaensis ''Guraleus bordaensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Guraleus bordaensis Cotton, 1947. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.mar ...

'' Cotton, 1947 * ''

Guraleus brazieri ''Guraleus brazieri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea ...

'' (Angas, 1871) * ''

Guraleus colmani ''Guraleus colmani'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Guraleus colmani Shuto, 1983. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespec ...

'' Shuto, 1983 * ''

Guraleus cuspis ''Guraleus cuspis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Guraleus cuspis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://ww ...

'' (Sowerby III, 1896) * ''

Guraleus delicatulus ''Guraleus delicatulus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Marshall, B. (2015). Guraleus delicatulus (Tenison-Woods, 1879). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (Tenison-Woods, 1879) * ''

Guraleus deshayesii ''Guraleus deshayesii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Guraleus deshayesii (Dunker, 1860). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://ww ...

'' (Dunker, 1860) * ''

Guraleus diacritus ''Guraleus diacritus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Guraleus diacritus Cotton, 1947. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marin ...

'' Cotton, 1947 * † ''

Guraleus dubius ''Guraleus dubius'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Marshall, B. (2015). Guraleus dubius Maxwell, 1992 †. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at h ...

'' Maxwell, 1992 * '' Guraleus fallaciosa'' (Sowerby III, 1896): mentioned in OBIS as ''Guraleus'' (''Guraleus'') ''fallaciosus'' (Sowerby, 1897) OBIS : ''Guraleus'' (''Guraleus'') ''fallaciosus''
/ref> * ''

Guraleus fascinus ''Guraleus fascinus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Guraleus fascinus Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marines ...

'' Hedley, 1922 * ''

Guraleus flaccidus ''Guraleus flaccidus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Marshall, B. (2015). Guraleus flaccidus (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1899). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...

'' (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1899): * ''

Guraleus flavescens ''Guraleus flavescens'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Guraleus flavescens (Angas, 1877). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...

'' (Angas, 1877) * ''

Guraleus florus ''Guraleus florus'' is a species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Guraleus florus Cotton, 1947. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespec ...

'' Cotton, 1947 * '' Guraleus fossa'' Laseron, 1954 * '' Guraleus halmahericus'' (Schepman, 1913) * ''

Guraleus himerodes ''Guraleus himerodes'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. Description The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm. (Original description) A pure white, extremely delicate ...

'' (Melvill & Standen, 1896) * ''

Guraleus incrusta ''Guraleus incrusta'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Guraleus incrusta (Tenison-Woods, 1877). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://ww ...

'' (Tenison-Woods, 1877) * '' Guraleus jacksonensis'' (Angas, 1877) * ''

'' (Pilsbry, 1904) * ''

Guraleus lallemantianus ''Guraleus lallemantianus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Marshall, B. (2015). Guraleus lallemantianus (Crosse & Fischer, 1865). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marin ...

'' (Crosse & Fischer, 1865) * ''

Guraleus mitralis ''Guraleus mitralis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Guraleus mitralis (Adams & Angas, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://ww ...

'' (Adams & Angas, 1864) * ''

Guraleus nanus ''Guraleus nanus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Guraleus nanus Laseron, 1954. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecie ...

'' Laseron, 1954 * ''

Guraleus ornatus ''Guraleus ornatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Marshall, B. (2015). Guraleus ornatus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...

'' (Sowerby III, 1896) * ''

Guraleus pictus ''Guraleus pictus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Marshall, B. (2015). Guraleus pictus (A. Adams & Angas, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at htt ...

'' (Adams & Angas, 1864) * '' Guraleus savuensis'' (Schepman, 1913) * ''

Guraleus semicarinatus ''Guraleus semicarinatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. Description The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 2.7 mm. (Original description) The rather thin, fusiform-turre ...

'' (H.A. Pilsbry, 1904) * '' Guraleus tabatensis'' (Tokunaga, 1906) * '' Guraleus tasmanicus'' (Tenison-Woods, 1876) * '' Guraleus tasmantis'' Laseron, 1954 * '' Guraleus thornleyanus'' (Laseron, 1954) * ''

Guraleus tokunagae ''Guraleus tokunagae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoide ...

'' (Finlay, 1926) * ''

Guraleus verhoeffeni ''Guraleus verhoeffeni'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Guraleus verhoeffeni (Martens, 1904). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://ww ...

'' (Martens, 1904) * ''

Guraleus wilesianus ''Guraleus wilesianus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Guraleus wilesianus Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.mar ...

'' Hedley, 1922 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Guraleus bellus'' (Adams, A. & G.F. Angas, 1864): synonym of ''

Antiguraleus adcocki ''Antiguraleus adcocki'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2015). Antiguraleus adcocki (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896) * ''Guraleus comptus'' (Adams & Angas, 1864): synonym of ''

Marita compta ''Marita compta'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Mangeliidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Marita compta (A. Adams & Angas, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) * ''Guraleus costatus'' Hedley, 1922: synonym of ''

Antiguraleus costatus ''Antiguraleus costatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2015). Antiguraleus costatus (Hedley, 1922). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://ww ...

'' (Hedley, 1922) * † ''Guraleus cuspidatus'' Chapple, 1934: synonym of † '' Pleurotomella cuspidata'' (Chapple, 1934) * ''Guraleus inornatus'' (Sowerby, 1897): synonym of ''

Marita inornata ''Marita inornata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Marita inornata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http:// ...

'' (Sowerby III, 1896) * ''Guraleus insculptus'' (Adams & Angas, 1864): synonym of ''

Marita insculpta ''Marita insculpta'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Bouchet, P. (2017). Marita insculpta (A. Adams & Angas, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at htt ...

'' (Adams & Angas, 1864) * ''Guraleus letouneuxianus'' Crosse and Fischer, 1865: synonym of ''

Turrella letourneuxiana ''Turrella letourneuxiana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae Clathurellidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoi ...

'' (Crosse and Fischer, 1865) * ''Guraleus morologus'' Hedley, 1922: synonym of ''

Turrella morologus Turrella is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Turrella is located 10 km south of the Sydney central business district on the southern bank of Wolli Creek in the local government area of Bayside Cou ...

'' (Hedley, 1922) * ''Guraleus nitidus'' Hedley, 1922 : synonym of '' Marita nitidus'' (Hedley, 1922) * ''Guraleus permutatus'' Hedley, 1922 : synonym of ''

Antiguraleus permutatus ''Antiguraleus permutatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2015). Antiguraleus permutatus (Hedley, 1922). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...

'' (Hedley, 1922) * ''Guraleus pulchripicta'' (Melvill & Standen, 1901): synonym of ''

Lienardia pulchripictus ''Lienardia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clathurellidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Lienardia Jousseaume, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdet ...

'' (Melvill & Standen, 1901) * ''Guraleus schoutenensis'' May, 1901: synonym of ''

Marita schoutenensis ''Marita schoutenensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Bouchet, P. (2017). Marita schoutenensis (May, 1901). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http: ...

'' (May, 1911) * ''Guraleus vulgata'' (J.Thiele, 1925);: synonym of ''

Mangelia vulgata ''Mangelia vulgata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. This is a taxon inquirendum. Description The length of the shell attains 5 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off Western Sum ...

'' J. Thiele, 1925 (

taxon inquirendum In biological classification, a ''species inquirenda'' is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century. The term t ...

)

References

Hedley C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359

External links

Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.

Powell, Arthur William Baden. "The Australian Tertiary Mollusca of the Family Turridae." Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 3.1 (1944): 3-68.

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