Paraguraleus

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Paraguraleus
Shell of Paraguraleus emina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Paraguraleus
A.W.B. Powell, 1944
Type species
Guraleus balcombensis Powell, 1944
Species

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Paraguraleus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

This genus was originally described by A.W.B. Powell as belonging to the group of Lower Miocene to Recent Australian turrids, resembling Guraleus but with a very different protoconch.[2]

Species[edit]

Species brought into synonymy

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Marshall, B. (2017). Paraguraleus Powell, 1944. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432529 on 2017-12-02
  2. ^ Powell, A. W. B. (1944). "The Australian Tertiary Mollusca of the Family Turridae". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 3: 3–68. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905993. Wikidata Q58676624.

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