Guraleus wilesianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Guraleus wilesianus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Guraleus |
| Species: | G. wilesianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Guraleus wilesianus Hedley, 1922
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
(Original description) The shell has the same characteristics as in Guraleus costatus, but it is more slender in contour, and develops spiral striae on the intercostal spaces of the upper whorls.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to Australia and can be found off South Australia.
References
edit- ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Guraleus wilesianus Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435272 on 2017-07-05
- ^ Hedley C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Cotton, B. C. (1947). Australian Recent and Tertiary Turridae. Field Naturalist's Section of the Royal Society of South Australia Conchology Club Publication. 4: 1–34.