Guraleus
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.Sculpture :—The radials vary from bold spaced ribs projecting at the shoulder to fine close riblets. The entire shell, except the protoconch, is overrun with fine, close, beaded or unbeaded threads. The aperture measures about half the length of the shell, with or without armature. The outer lip is slightly inflected. The sinus is subsutural, deeply rounded. The siphonal canal is short and open.
Distribution
This genus of marine species occurs off Sumatra and Australia. One species, Guraleus amplexus, occurs off South Africa, another, Guraleus kamakuranus off Japan and Korea.Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species the following species with valid names are included within the genus Guraleus:- † Guraleus adelaidensis A. W. B. Powell, 1944 Guraleus alucinans Guraleus amplexus Guraleus anisus Guraleus asper Laseron, 1954Guraleus bordaensis Cotton, 1947Guraleus brazieri
- † Guraleus chapplei A. W. B. Powell, 1944 Guraleus colmani Shuto, 1983Guraleus cuspis Guraleus delicatulus Guraleus deshayesii Guraleus diacritus Cotton, 1947
- † Guraleus dubius Maxwell, 1992
- † Guraleus eocenicus D. C. Long, 1981 Guraleus fallaciosus Guraleus fascinus Hedley, 1922Guraleus fijiensis Ladd, 1982Guraleus flaccidus :Guraleus flavescens Guraleus florus Cotton, 1947
- † Guraleus formosus Ladd, 1982 Guraleus fossa Laseron, 1954Guraleus halmahericus
- † Guraleus harrisi A. W. B. Powell, 1944 Guraleus himerodes Guraleus incrustus
- † Guraleus janjukiensis A. W. B. Powell, 1944 Guraleus kamakuranus Guraleus lallemantianus
- † Guraleus ludbrookae A. W. B. Powell, 1944 Guraleus nanus Laseron, 1954Guraleus ornatus Guraleus pictus
- † Guraleus powelli Guraleus savuensis
- † Guraleus singletoni A. W. B. Powell, 1944
- † Guraleus subnitidus Ludbrook, 1941 Guraleus tabatensis Guraleus tasmanicus Guraleus tasmantis Laseron, 1954Guraleus thornleyanus Guraleus tokunagae Guraleus verhoeffeni
- † Guraleus vitilevensis Ladd, 1982
- † Guraleus volutiformis Chapman & Crespin, 1928 Guraleus wilesianus Hedley, 1922Guraleus yangzhiganlu L.-W. Lin, J.-L. Jiang & Y. Shao, 2025
- † Guraleus cuspidatus Chapple, 1934: synonym of † Pleurotomella cuspidata Guraleus fallaciosa : synonym of * Guraleus fallaciosus Guraleus incrusta : synonym of Guraleus incrustus Guraleus inornatus : synonym of Marita inornata Guraleus insculptus : synonym of Marita insculpta Guraleus jacksonensis : synonym of Guraleus tasmanicus Guraleus letouneuxianus Crosse and Fischer, 1865: synonym of Turrella letourneuxiana Guraleus morologus Hedley, 1922: synonym of Turrella morologus Guraleus nitidus Hedley, 1922 : synonym of Marita nitidus Guraleus permutatus Hedley, 1922 : synonym of Antiguraleus permutatus Guraleus pulchripicta : synonym of Lienardia pulchripictus Guraleus schoutenensis May, 1901: synonym of Marita schoutenensis Guraleus semicarinatus : synonym of Heterocithara semicarinatus Guraleus vulgata ;: synonym of Mangelia vulgata J. Thiele, 1925