Guraleus delicatulus
Shell of Guraleus delicatulus
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. delicatulus
Binomial name
Guraleus delicatulus
(Tenison-Woods, 1879)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella delicatula G.W. Tryon, 1884
  • Guraleus (Guraleus) insculptus delicatulus (Tenison-Woods, 1879)
  • Mangelia delicatula Tenison-Woods, 1879 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

The shell is subdiaphanous, shining ; pale yellow, slenderly and irregularly zoned with red lines.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and can be found off South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria

References

  1. 1 2 Marshall, B. (2015). Guraleus delicatulus (Tenison-Woods, 1879). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433927 on 2017-07-08
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tenison-Woods, J.E. (1879a) On some new species of Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1878, 32–40


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