Antiguraleus pulcherrimus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2015). Antiguraleus pulcherrimus Dell, 1956. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433000 on 2017-03-02
Description The length of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 3.8 mm.
Their functional group is benthos.
Their feeding type is predatory.
Their mating behaviour makes them a non-broadcast spawner.
Their life cycle does not include a trochophore stage.
Distribution This species occurs off Chatham Rise, off east coast North Island and South Island, New Zealand.
References
Dell, Richard Kenneth. The archibenthal mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum, 1956. Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p. 239) Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295. New Zealand Mollusca: Propebela pulcherrima Biolib.cz: Image of Antiguraleus pulcherrimus