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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. © rights reserved
Waitangi, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 13mm. © rights reserved
Below low tide on sandy gravel, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 10.5mm. © rights reserved
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, from 0-53m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Description:
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

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
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