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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 Nov 201423, Karehana Bay Plimmerton, NZ. 8mm
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 and Stewart Islands
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.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.135)
  • Gillies, J. 1882 Notes on New Zealand Mollusca, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 14(147) (p.171) 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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