Paraguraleus abbreviatus
| Paraguraleus abbreviatus Temporal range:
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| Holotype from Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Paraguraleus |
| Species: | †P. abbreviatus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Paraguraleus abbreviatus (Powell, 1944)
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Paraguraleus abbreviatus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[2] Fossils of the species date to the middle Miocene, and have been found in strata of the St Vincent Basin of South Australia.
Description
In the original description, Powell described the species as follows:
Ovate-fusiform. Whorls convex, not shouldered. Sculptured with heavy, rounded axials, 12-14 per whorl, extending from upper suture to lower part of base, crossed by fine, regular, closely spaced spiral threads, 14-15 from suture to suture on the penultimate, and about 40 on the body-whorl. The outer lip is thin edged and slightly incurved, strengthened behind by an axial. Sinus rounded, shallow.[3]
The holotype of the species measures 5.9 mm (0.23 in) in height and 2.5 mm (0.098 in) in diameter, and a different type specimen seen by Powell measured 7.3 mm (0.29 in) by 3.25 mm (0.128 in).[3]
Taxonomy
The species was first described by A.W.B. Powell in 1944, as Guraleus (Paraguraleus) abbreviatus.[3] The species was moved to the genus Antiguraleus in 1970 by Thomas A. Darragh,[4] This recombination is not supported by the World Register of Marine Species, which gives the accepted name of the species as Paraguraleus abbreviatus.[2] The holotype was collected from the Metropolitan Abattoirs Bore in Adelaide at a depth of 122–152 m (400–499 ft) by Walter Howchin and Joseph Verco in 1919, and is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.[5][6]
Ecology
P. abbreviatus was an epifaunal carnivore.[7]
Distribution
This extinct marine species occurs in middle Miocene (Bairnsdalian) strata of the St Vincent Basin, including the lower Dry Creek Sands Formation of South Australia.[5][8]
References
- ^ Beu, A. G. (March 2011). "Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 4. Gastropoda (Ptenoglossa, Neogastropoda, Heterobranchia)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 41 (1): 1–153. doi:10.1080/03036758.2011.548763. ISSN 0303-6758. Wikidata Q54553193.
- ^ a b c Paraguraleus abbreviatus (A. W. B. Powell, 1944) †. 11 November 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ a b c Powell, A. W. B. (1944). "The Australian Tertiary Mollusca of the Family Turridae". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 3: 3–68. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905993. Wikidata Q58676624.
- ^ Darragh, Thomas A. (1970). "Catalogue of Australian Tertiary Mollusca (except chitons)" (PDF). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. 31: 151. doi:10.24199/J.MMV.1970.31.14. ISSN 0083-5986. Wikidata Q56194898.
- ^ a b Blom, Wilma M. (2025). "Annotated Catalogue of Fossil and Extant Molluscan Types in the Auckland War Memorial Museum". Bulletin of the Auckland Museum. 22. doi:10.32912/BULLETIN/22. ISSN 1176-3213. OCLC 1550165130. Wikidata Q135397912.
- ^ "Guraleus (Paraguraleus) abbreviatus". Collections Online. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "†Antiguraleus abbreviatus Powell 1944 (snail)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ Darragh, Thomas A. (August 2024). "A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca". Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 83: 37–206. doi:10.24199/J.MMV.2024.83.02. ISSN 1447-2546. Wikidata Q136396722.