Guraleus cuspis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Guraleus cuspis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433926 on 2017-07-05
Subspecies Guraleus (Guraleus) cuspis connectens (G.B. Sowerby, III, 1897) (synonym: Mangilia connectens G.B. Sowerby III, 1896)
Description The length of the shell attains 8.5 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
(Original description) The white, fusiform shell is acuminate on both sides. It contains 8 whorls, of which 3 polished whorls n the protoconch. The others are obtusely angulate and crossed by many spiral lirae. The shell shows many opisthocline ribs. The body whorl is at the top slightly concave, but otherwise slightly convex. The columella is delicately contorted. The aperture is elongated. The outer lip is thin and backwards slightly sinuate. .Sowerby, G.B., III. (1896) List of the Pleurotomidae of South Australia, with descriptions of some new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 2, 24–32, pl. 3
Distribution This marine species is endemic to Australia and can be found off South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia
References
Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 293–342
External links
Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.