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Guraleus
Sign in to saveGuraleus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMangeliidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 721
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Mangeliidae
- Collections
- USNM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NMV, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Kiribati, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Samoa, RéUnion, South Africa, Australia, Nouvelle-Caledonie
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Mangeliidae
- Image
- Guraleus pictus 001.jpg
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- Commons category
- Guraleus
- taxon name
- Guraleus
- taxon rank
- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
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Guraleus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
==Description== The thin shell is fusiform or subcylindrical. The colour ranges from uniform buff, with or without chocolate spiral lines or bands, to entire chocolate. The protoconch consists of two or three smooth helicoid whorls. Fasciole don't interrupt the sculpture, and are scarcely indicated by the curvature of growth lines.
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