Guraleus cuspis

Guraleus cuspis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Subspecies
  • Guraleus (Guraleus) cuspis connectens (G.B. Sowerby, III, 1897) (synonym: Mangilia connectens G.B. Sowerby III, 1896)

Guraleus cuspis
Original drawing of a shell of Guraleus cuspis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Guraleus
Species:
G. cuspis
Binomial name
Guraleus cuspis
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1896)
Synonyms[1]
  • Guraleus (Guraleus) cuspis (G.B. Sowerby III, 1897)
  • Mangilia cuspis G. B. Sowerby III, 1896 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.5 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

(Original description) The white, fusiform shell is acuminate on both sides. It contains 8 whorls, of which 3 polished whorls n the protoconch. The others are obtusely angulate and crossed by many spiral lirae. The shell shows many opisthocline ribs. The body whorl is at the top slightly concave, but otherwise slightly convex. The columella is delicately contorted. The aperture is elongated. The outer lip is thin and backwards slightly sinuate. .[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and can be found off South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia

References
  1. WoRMS (2009). Guraleus cuspis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433926 on 2017-07-05
  2. Sowerby, G.B., III. (1896) List of the Pleurotomidae of South Australia, with descriptions of some new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 2, 24–32, pl. 3 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 293–342
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