Paraguraleus finlayi

Paraguraleus finlayi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae. Fossils of the species date to the late Oligocene and early 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 Guraleus finlayi. The accepted name became Paraguraleus balcombensis when the subgenus was raised to genus level. The holotype was collected from Torquay, Victoria at an unknown date earlier than 1944, and is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Distribution

This extinct marine species occurs in late Oligocene and early Miocene strata of the Port Phillip Basin, including the Jan Juc Formation and Puebla Formation of Victoria, Australia.