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Genus of molluscs
Guraleus is a
genus of
sea snails ,
marine
gastropod
mollusks in the
family
Mangeliidae .
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Description
The thin shell is fusiform or subcylindrical. The colour ranges from uniform buff, with or without chocolate spiral lines or bands, to entire chocolate. The
protoconch consists of two or three smooth helicoid
whorls . Fasciole don't interrupt the
sculpture , and are scarcely indicated by the curvature of growth lines.
Sculpture :—The radials vary from bold spaced ribs projecting at the shoulder to fine close riblets. The entire shell, except the protoconch, is overrun with fine, close, beaded or unbeaded threads. The
aperture measures about half the length of the shell, with or without armature. The outer
lip is slightly inflected. The sinus is subsutural, deeply rounded. The
siphonal canal is short and open.
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Distribution
This genus of marine species occurs off
Sumatra (Indonesia) and Australia (
New South Wales ,
Queensland ,
South Australia ,
Tasmania ,
Victoria ,
Western Australia ). One species,
Guraleus amplexus , occurs off
South Africa , another,
Guraleus kamakuranus off Japan and Korea.
Species
According to the
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with valid names are included within the genus Guraleus :
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Guraleus alucinans (Sowerby III, 1896)
Guraleus amplexus (Gould, 1860)
Guraleus anisus (Cotton, 1947)
Guraleus asper Laseron, 1954
Guraleus australis (Adams & Angas, 1864)
Guraleus bordaensis Cotton, 1947
Guraleus brazieri (Angas, 1871)
Guraleus colmani Shuto, 1983
Guraleus cuspis (Sowerby III, 1896)
Guraleus delicatulus (Tenison-Woods, 1879)
Guraleus deshayesii (Dunker, 1860)
Guraleus diacritus Cotton, 1947
†
Guraleus dubius Maxwell, 1992
Guraleus fallaciosa (Sowerby III, 1896) : mentioned in OBIS as Guraleus (Guraleus ) fallaciosus (Sowerby, 1897)
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Guraleus fascinus Hedley, 1922
Guraleus flaccidus (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1899) :
Guraleus flavescens (Angas, 1877)
Guraleus florus Cotton, 1947
Guraleus fossa Laseron, 1954
Guraleus halmahericus (Schepman, 1913)
Guraleus himerodes (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
Guraleus incrusta (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
Guraleus jacksonensis (Angas, 1877)
Guraleus kamakuranus (Pilsbry, 1904)
Guraleus lallemantianus (Crosse & Fischer, 1865)
Guraleus mitralis (Adams & Angas, 1864)
Guraleus nanus Laseron, 1954
Guraleus ornatus (Sowerby III, 1896)
Guraleus pictus (Adams & Angas, 1864)
Guraleus savuensis (Schepman, 1913)
Guraleus semicarinatus (H.A. Pilsbry, 1904)
Guraleus tabatensis (Tokunaga, 1906)
Guraleus tasmanicus (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
Guraleus tasmantis Laseron, 1954
Guraleus thornleyanus (Laseron, 1954)
Guraleus tokunagae (Finlay, 1926)
Guraleus verhoeffeni (Martens, 1904)
Guraleus wilesianus Hedley, 1922
Species brought into synonymy
Guraleus bellus (Adams, A. & G.F. Angas, 1864) : synonym of
Antiguraleus adcocki (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896)
Guraleus comptus (Adams & Angas, 1864): synonym of
Marita compta (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
Guraleus costatus Hedley, 1922 : synonym of
Antiguraleus costatus (Hedley, 1922)
† Guraleus cuspidatus Chapple, 1934 : synonym of †
Pleurotomella cuspidata (Chapple, 1934)
Guraleus inornatus (Sowerby, 1897) : synonym of
Marita inornata (Sowerby III, 1896)
Guraleus insculptus (Adams & Angas, 1864) : synonym of
Marita insculpta (Adams & Angas, 1864)
Guraleus letouneuxianus Crosse and Fischer, 1865 : synonym of
Turrella letourneuxiana (Crosse and Fischer, 1865)
Guraleus morologus Hedley, 1922 : synonym of
Turrella morologus (Hedley, 1922)
Guraleus nitidus Hedley, 1922 : synonym of
Marita nitidus (Hedley, 1922)
Guraleus permutatus Hedley, 1922 : synonym of
Antiguraleus permutatus (Hedley, 1922)
Guraleus pulchripicta (Melvill & Standen, 1901) : synonym of
Lienardia pulchripictus (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
Guraleus schoutenensis May, 1901 : synonym of
Marita schoutenensis (May, 1911)
Guraleus vulgata (J.Thiele, 1925) ;: synonym of
Mangelia vulgata J. Thiele, 1925 (
taxon inquirendum )
References
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