Antiguraleus kingensis facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Antiguraleus kingensis
Scientific classification
Synonyms
Cithara cognata Pritchard, G.B. & J.H. Gatliff, 1899 Cithara kingenensis [sic] Petterd, 1879 Cythara kingensis (Petterd, 1879) Daphnella kingensis Petterd, 1879 (original combination) Daphnella kingenensis [sic] Petterd, 1879 Guraleus kingensis (Petterd, 1879) Mangilia emina Hedley, 1905 Mangilia kingensis (Petterd, 1879)

Antiguraleus kingensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.7 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

This is a very variable species It may be 16 mm. long, as in the type of Cithara cognata, 11 mm. as in Mangilia emina, or 575 mm. as in some adult examples of mine. In shape it may be long and narrow, or short and broad. In sculpture it may have axial ribs, well marked, narrow, almost lamelliform, or round and solid, or low, or quite obsolete, especially on the body whorl. The spiral lirae may be quite valid, or revealed only by a fairly high power of the microscope. Generally the spirals are best marked when the axials are small. The colour may be a uniform brown tint, or there may be spiral colour bands of different widths, or the shell may be white.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria

• Petterd, W. 1879. New species of Tasmanian marine shells. Journal of Conchology 2: 102-105
• Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1899. On some new species of Victorian mollusca. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 12(1): 100-106, pl. 8

Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56]

• May, W.L. 1923. An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp.