Guraleus deshayesii

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

Guraleus deshayesii
Original image of a shell of Guraleus deshayesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Guraleus
Species:
G. deshayesii
Binomial name
Guraleus deshayesii
(Dunker, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia rikuzenica Nomura, S. & N. Zinbo, 1940
  • Mangilia (Pleurotoma) deshayesii Dunker, 1860

Description

The length of the oblong, subfusiform, dirty white shell varies between 10 mm and 51 mm. The whorls are slightly subangulate. The longitudinal ribs are crossed by raised transverse striae. The aperture is oblong. The outer lip is incrassate and covered with transverse marks and marked with a red spot.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Fiji and Japan.

References
  1. WoRMS (2009). Guraleus deshayesii (Dunker, 1860). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433928 on 2017-07-09
  2. Dunker W.H. (1861), Mollusca japonica descripta et tabulis tribus iconum illustrata a Guilielmo Dunker; Stuttgartiae,typis et sumtibus E. Schweizerbart,1861 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Guraleus deshayesii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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