Neoguraleus murdochi
| Neoguraleus murdochi | |
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| Two shells of Neoguraleus murdochi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Neoguraleus |
| Species: | N. murdochi
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| Binomial name | |
| Neoguraleus murdochi (Finlay, 1924)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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† 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
- ^ a b 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
- HJ Finlay, Some necessary changes in names of New Zealand Mollusca; Journal of Molluscan Studies, 1924
- New Zealand Mollusca: Neoguraleus murdochi
- Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
- "Neoguraleus murdochi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.