Guraleus brazieri

Guraleus brazieri
Shell of Guraleus brazieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Guraleus
Species:	G. brazieri
Binomial name
Guraleus brazieri (Angas, G.F., 1871)
Synonyms
Clathurella brazieri Angas, 1871 (original combination) Daphnella brazieri Hedley, 1903 Guraleus (Guraleus) brazieri (Angas, 1871)

Guraleus brazieri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The *Guraleus brazieri*, or 'Brazier’s turrid', is a sea snail with a thin, fusiform or subcylindrical shell. Its color varies from buff with possible chocolate spiral lines or bands to a complete chocolate hue. The shell's protoconch features two to three smooth helicoid whorls, and its overall sculpture includes either bold spaced ribs or fine close riblets, overlaid with fine, close threads that may be beaded or unbeaded. The aperture makes up about half the shell's length, with an outer lip that is slightly inflected and a short, open siphonal canal.

Distribution

This gastropod is native and endemic to southeastern Australia, including the regions of New South Wales, Tasmania, and Victoria. It is typically found subtidally among rocks and seaweed. In Tasmania, it has been specifically recorded at Flinders Island, indicating its presence in this locale.

References

• Angas, G.F. 1871. Descriptions of thirty-four new species of shells from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 13–20
• Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. Description of new Tasmanian shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 131–159
• Hedley, C. 1903. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" off the coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898. Mollusca. Part II. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(6): 325–402, pls 36–37
• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian Shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs.
• Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1–56, pls 1–12.

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• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.