Mitraguraleus

Mitraguraleus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Mitraguraleus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mitraguraleus
Laseron, 1954
Type species
Bela mitralis Adams & Angas, 1864
Species

See text

This is now considered a subgenus Guraleus (Mitraguraleus) Laseron, 1954

Distribution

This marine genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia

Species

Species brought into synonymy:

  • Mitraguraleus australis (A. Adams & G.F. Angas, 1864) synonym of Guraleus australis (A. Adams & G.F. Angas, 1864)

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Mitraguraleus Laseron, 1954. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578063 on 2017-10-07
  • Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1-56, pls 1-12.


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