Biology:Neoguraleus murdochi

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Neoguraleus murdochi
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Two shells of Neoguraleus murdochi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Neoguraleus
Species:
N. murdochi
Binomial name
Neoguraleus murdochi
(Finlay, 1924)
Synonyms[1]

Clathurella corrugata R. Murdoch, 1900

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs throughout New Zealand and at the Steward Island; fossils have been found in Pliocene strata.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Marshall, B. (2015). Neoguraleus murdochi (Finlay, 1924). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724161 on 2017-10-19
  • 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.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3732670 entry