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Guraleus deshayesii

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Guraleus deshayesii
Original image of a shell of Guraleus deshayesii
Scientific classification edit
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Animalia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Mollusca
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Gastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Caenogastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Neogastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Conoidea
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Mangeliidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Guraleus
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">G. deshayesii
Binomial name
Guraleus deshayesii
(Dunker, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia rikuzenica Nomura, S. & N. Zinbo, 1940
  • Mangilia (Pleurotoma) deshayesii Dunker, 1860

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

Description

The length of the oblong, subfusiform, dirty white shell varies between 10 mm and 51 mm. The whorls are slightly subangulate. The longitudinal ribs are crossed by raised transverse striae. The aperture is oblong. The outer lip is incrassate and covered with transverse marks and marked with a red spot.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Fiji and Japan .

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2009). Guraleus deshayesii (Dunker, 1860). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433928 on 2017-07-09
  2. Dunker W.H. (1861), Mollusca japonica descripta et tabulis tribus iconum illustrata a Guilielmo Dunker; Stuttgartiae,typis et sumtibus E. Schweizerbart,1861 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q10292999 entry




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