Guraleus incrusta

Short description: Species of gastropod

Guraleus incrusta

Drawing of a shell of Guraleus incrusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Mangeliidae
Genus:  | Guraleus
Species:  |

G. incrusta

Binomial name
Guraleus incrusta

(Tenison-Woods, 1877)

Synonyms[1]

* Clathurella st. Gallae (sic.) Verco, J.C. 1909
* Clathurella incrusta Tryon, 1884
* Drillia incrusta Tenison-Woods, 1877
* Guraleus (Guraleus) incrusta (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
* Guraleus incrustus (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
* Mangelia st-gallae Tenison-Woods, 1877
* Pleurotoma (Drilla ?) incrusta Tenison-Woods, 1877 (original combination)

Guraleus incrusta 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 7 mm. It is a smaller shell than Guraleus lallemantianus (Crosse & Fischer, 1865), with two of the revolving striae more prominent (on the body whorl 8–9), slightly keel-like.[2]

## Distribution

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

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2009). Guraleus incrusta (Tenison-Woods, 1877). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433938 on 2017-07-12
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. 1877. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131–159
* 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
* May, W.L. 1923. An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp.

## External links

* Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. On some new Tasmanian marine shells; Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1877 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
* Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
* "Guraleus (Guraleus) incrusta" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_19268.shtml.
* 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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