Guraleus wilesianus

Short description: Species of gastropod

Guraleus wilesianus

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

G. wilesianus

Binomial name
Guraleus wilesianus

Hedley, 1922

Synonyms[1]

* Antiguraleus wilesianus (Hedley, 1922)
* Guraleus costatus var. wilesianus Hedley, 1922 (original combination)

Guraleus wilesianus 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 10 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

(Original description) The shell has the same characteristics as in Guraleus costatus, but it is more slender in contour, and develops spiral striae on the intercostal spaces of the upper whorls.[2]

## Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and can be found off South Australia.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2009). Guraleus wilesianus Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435272 on 2017-07-05
2. ↑ Hedley C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

* Cotton, B. C. (1947). Australian Recent and Tertiary Turridae. Field Naturalist's Section of the Royal Society of South Australia Conchology Club Publication. 4: 1–34.

## External links

* Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.

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