Mitraguraleus Explained

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

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

• 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.

External links

• Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
• Worldwide Mollusk Data base : Mangeliidae

Notes and 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