Striatoguraleus vellicatus

Striatoguraleus vellicatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Striatoguraleus
Species:	S. vellicatus
Binomial name
	Striatoguraleus vellicatus; Kilburn, 1994

Striatoguraleus vellicatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.^[1]

Description[edit]

The length of this nassariiform shell attains 6.6 mm. It differs from S. Himaeformis in that it lacks a brephic sculptural stage, and instead develops directly from the protoconch to axial and spiral sculpture.^[2]

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off Transkei, South Africa

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Striatoguraleus vellicatus Kilburn, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
^ Annals of the Natal Museum. Adlard & Son. 1994. pp. 192–195.

Kilburn, R. N. "Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 7. Subfamily Crassispirinae, section 2." Annals of the Natal Museum 35.1 (1994): 177–228

External links[edit]

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

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[WoRMS-1] Striatoguraleus vellicatus Kilburn, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.

[2] Annals of the Natal Museum. Adlard & Son. 1994. pp. 192–195.

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