species: Gutturnium muricinum in Lady Elliot Island (Gaia Guide)
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Gutturnium muricinum


©Barbara Banks: A juvenile Gutturnium muricinum about 2 cm long in the Lizard Island lagoon. Thanks to Dr Richard Willan (NT Museum) for the identification.

©Barbara Banks: A juvenile Gutturnium muricinum about 2 cm long in the Lizard Island lagoon. Note fine, recurved outer lip and prominent protoconch. Thanks to Dr Richard Willan (NT Museum) for the identification.

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Gutturnium muricinum about 4.5 cm long from the Loomis Reef and Research Station area, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neotaenioglossa
Family Ranellidae
Genus Gutturnium
Species Gutturnium muricinum

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 6 cm (length according to Wilson, 1993)

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Robertson, R. (1981). List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Tryonia, 4: 1-32. LIRS catalog number 403.
  • Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia.