Mitraguraleus mitralis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. It was originally described as Bela mitralis.
Description The length of the shell attains .
(Original description in Latin) The shell is ovate-fusiform and turreted, appearing pale tawny, and adorned with reddish-brown spots at the sutures. The 7 whorls are somewhat angled posteriorly, slightly excavated at the sutures, longitudinally plicate (folded), with the interstices being transversely striated. The ribs become obsolete on the body whorl. The aperture is elongated and narrow. The lip is smooth and simple, and the outer lip is thin and regularly arched.Adams, A. & Angas, G.F. 1864. Descriptions of new species from Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863(III): 418–428, pl. xxxvii
Distribution This marine species is endemic to Australia and can be found off New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania.
References
Brazier, J. 1889. Notes and critical remarks on a donation of shells sent to the Museum of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Journal of Conchology 6: 66–84 Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1900. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part III. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 12(2): 170–205 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 Hedley, C. 1913. Studies of Australian Mollusca. Part XI; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 38 Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 May, W.L. 1923. An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp. Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1–56, pls 1–12.
External links 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 Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.