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Antiguraleus pulcherrimus

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Antiguraleus pulcherrimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Antiguraleus
Species:
A. pulcherrimus
Binomial name
Antiguraleus pulcherrimus
Dell, 1956
Synonyms[1]

Propebela pulcherrima (Dell, 1956)

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 3.8 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs off Chatham Rise, Off east coast North and South Islands, New Zealand

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Antiguraleus pulcherrimus Dell, 1956. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433000 on 2017-03-02
  • Dell, Richard Kenneth. The archibenthal mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum, 1956.
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p. 239)
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
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