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Taxonomy
Family:
MANGELIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mangeliidae (Family)
> Neoguraleus (Genus)
> benthicolus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Neoguraleus benthicola Powell, 1942
Images: Neoguraleus benthicolus Powell, 1942
Holotype, collected in 91 metres, off Oamaru, NZ (MA72189). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
MANGELIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mangeliidae (Family)
> Neoguraleus (Genus)
> benthicolus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Neoguraleus benthicola Powell, 1942
Details: Neoguraleus benthicolus Powell, 1942
Size/Grows to:
Height 8mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
South-western North Island, northern and eastern South Island, and Stewart Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.237)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1942 The New Zealand Recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae with general notes on turrid nomenclature and systematics, Auckland Institute and Museum Bulletin, 2 (p.136) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil