Antiguraleus rossianus

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

Antiguraleus rossianus
sea snail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Antiguraleus
Species:
A. rossianus
Binomial name
Antiguraleus rossianus
A.W.B. Powell, 1942
Synonyms[1]

Propebela rossiana (Powell, 1942)

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.3 mm, its diameter 1.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs North of Auckland Islands, New Zealand

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2015). Antiguraleus rossianus Powell, 1942. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433001 on 2017-03-02
  • Powell, Arthur William Baden. The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics. No. 2. Unity Press limited, printers, 1942.
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p. 239)
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.


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