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Taxonomy
Family:
MANGELIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mangeliidae (Family)
> Neoguraleus (Genus)
> sinclairi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Defrancia luteofasciata Hutton, 1881
=Drillia sinclairi Gillies, 1882
=Neoguraleus sinclairi (E.A. Smith, 1884)
=Neoguraleus whangaroaensis Powell, 1942
=Pleurotoma (Mangilia) sinclairii E.A. Smith, 1884
=Pleurotoma sinclairii E.A. Smith, 1884
Images: Neoguraleus sinclairi (Gillies, 1882)
Lectotype of Drillia sinclairi Gillies, 1882, collected no other data, NZ (M.000061). 10mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Neoguraleus whangaroaensis Powell, 1942, collected Taupo Bay, Whangaroa, NZ (MA71053). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected Jun 2014, Waipu Estuary, Northland, NZ. 10mm
Taxonomy
Family:
MANGELIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mangeliidae (Family)
> Neoguraleus (Genus)
> sinclairi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Defrancia luteofasciata Hutton, 1881
=Drillia sinclairi Gillies, 1882
=Neoguraleus sinclairi (E.A. Smith, 1884)
=Neoguraleus whangaroaensis Powell, 1942
=Pleurotoma (Mangilia) sinclairii E.A. Smith, 1884
=Pleurotoma sinclairii E.A. Smith, 1884
Details: Neoguraleus sinclairi (Gillies, 1882)
Size/Grows to:
Height 12mm, Width 4.5mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFME.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.238)
  • Gillies, J. 1882 Notes on New Zealand Mollusca, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 14(147) (p.171) 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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