Guraleus delicatulus

Short description: Species of gastropod

Guraleus delicatulus

Shell of Guraleus delicatulus
Scientific classification
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]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 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

## External links

* Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
* Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42-56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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