''Guraleus lallemantianus'' 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
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the
family
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Mangeliidae
Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
Bouchet, P. (2011). Mangeliidae P. Fischer, 1883. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Regis ...
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[Marshall, B. (2015). Guraleus lallemantianus (Crosse & Fischer, 1865). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433940 on 2017-07-13]
Description
The length of the shell attains 12 mm. Two of the revolving lines more prominent, ridge-like. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, or light reddish brown.
G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
Distribution
This marine species is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to Australia and can be found off South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
, Victoria and Tasmania
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References
* Crosse, H. & Fischer, P. 1865. ''Description d'espèces nouvelles d'Australie provenant dela collection de M. Geo French Angas''. Journal de Conchyliologie 13: 422–429, pl. 11, figs 1–7
* Angas, G.F. 1865. ''On the marine molluscan fauna of the Province of South Australia, with a list of all the species known up to the present time, together with remarks on their habitats and distribution, etc.'' Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 155-"180" (=190)
* Angas, G.F. 1877. ''A further list of additional species of marine Mollusca to be included in the fauna of Port Jackson and the coasts of New South Wales''. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 178–194
* 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
External links
Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295
Biolib.cz : image of ''Guraleus asper''
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Gastropods described in 1865
Gastropods of Australia