Guraleus tabatensis

Short description: Species of gastropod

Guraleus tabatensis

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

G. tabatensis

Binomial name
Guraleus tabatensis

(Tokunaga, 1906)

Synonyms

Pleurotoma (Drillia) tabatensis Tokunaga, 1906

Guraleus tabatensis 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 4 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

(Original description) This very rare shell contains six whorls, the upper three smooth, the rest about coarsely (about right) longitudinally costated with no trace of transverse ribs. The shell is distinctly angulated at the shoulder. The aperture is long and measures a little shorter than half the height of the shell.[1]

## Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan . It has also been found as a fossil in the Tabata region, near Tokyo.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tokunaga, Shigeyasu. "Fossils from the environs of Tokyo." (1906) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

## External links

* "Guraleus tabatensis" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_19241.shtml.
* Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Guraleus tabatensis

Wikidata ☰ Q39087560 entry

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