Paraguraleus balcombensis
Paraguraleus balcombensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae. Fossils of the species date to the Middle Miocene, and have been found in strata of the Port Phillip Basin of Victoria, Australia.
Description
In the original description, Powell described the species as follows:
The holotype of the species measures in height and in diameter.
Taxonomy
The species was first described by A.W.B. Powell in 1944, as the type species of Paraguraleus, then a subgenus of Guraleus. Originally known as Guraleus balcombensis, the species was moved to the genus Antiguraleus in 1970 by Thomas A. Darragh, This recombination is not supported by the World Register of Marine Species, which gives the accepted name of the species as Paraguraleus balcombensis. The holotype was collected from Fossil Beach, Balcombe Bay / Jullul Bay, Victoria, Australia, at an unknown date earlier than 1944, and is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Distribution
This extinct marine species occurs in middle Miocene strata of the Port Phillip Basin, including the Gellibrand Formation of Balcombe Bay, Victoria.