Guraleus tabatensis

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

Guraleus tabatensis
Original image of a shell of Guraleus tabatensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Guraleus
Species:
G. tabatensis
Binomial name
Guraleus tabatensis
(Tokunaga, 1906)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma (Drillia) tabatensis Tokunaga, 1906

Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

(Original description) This very rare shell contains 6 whorls, the upper three smooth, the rest about coarsely (about right) longitudinally costated wuth no trace of transverse ribs. The shell is distinctly angulated at the shoulder. The aperture is long and measures a little shorter than half the height of the shell.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan. It has also been found as a fossil in the Tabata region, near Tokyo.

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References

  • "Guraleus tabatensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Guraleus tabatensis
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