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

Neoguraleus deceptus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Neoguraleus
Species:
N. deceptus
Binomial name
Neoguraleus deceptus
A.W.B. Powell, 1942

Description

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Distribution

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This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs in Cenozoic strata in Otago.

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Neoguraleus manukauensis Powell, 1942. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434471 on 2017-10-17
  • 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.
  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
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