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Taxonomy
Family:
MANGELIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mangeliidae (Family)
> Neoguraleus (Genus)
> lyallensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Drillia lyallensis R. Murdoch, 1905
=Guraleus tenebrosus Powell, 1926
=Neoguraleus lyallensis lyallensis (R. Murdoch, 1905)
=Neoguraleus lyallensis tenebrosus (Powell, 1926)
=Neoguraleus tenebrosus Powell, 1926
Images: Neoguraleus lyallensis (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Oneroa, Waiheke Island. 13mm
Waitangi, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 13mm
Below low tide on sandy gravel, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 10.5mm
Holotype of Guraleus tenebrosus Powell, 1926, collected Taupo Bay, Far North, NZ (MA72067). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
MANGELIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mangeliidae (Family)
> Neoguraleus (Genus)
> lyallensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Drillia lyallensis R. Murdoch, 1905
=Guraleus tenebrosus Powell, 1926
=Neoguraleus lyallensis lyallensis (R. Murdoch, 1905)
=Neoguraleus lyallensis tenebrosus (Powell, 1926)
=Neoguraleus tenebrosus Powell, 1926
Details: Neoguraleus lyallensis (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Size/Grows to:
Height 13mm, Width 5.5mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island. In shell sand
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Unicoloured, without a definite colour pattern, and the surface is crowded with fine lirations
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.238)
  • 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.138)
  • Murdoch, R. 1905 Additions to the marine Mollusca of New Zealand., Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 37 (p.221) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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