''Striatoguraleus'' is a

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sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

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Horaiclavidae Horaiclavidae is a family of predatory sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomi ...

Distribution

Species in this marine genus occur off

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Species

Species within the genus ''Striatoguraleus'' include: * ''

Striatoguraleus electrinus ''Striatoguraleus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae. Distribution Species in this marine genus occur off South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the So ...

'' Kilburn, 1994 * ''

Striatoguraleus himaeformis ''Striatoguraleus himaeformis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae. The length of the nassariiform shell attains 6.2 mm. This marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal to Cape Province The ...

'' Kilburn, 1994 * ''

Striatoguraleus laticulmen ''Striatoguraleus laticulmen'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae. Description The length of the shell attains 4.2 mm, its diameter 2 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off Kwa ...

'' Kilburn, 1994 * ''

Striatoguraleus thetis ''Striatoguraleus thetis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae. Description The length of the claviform shell attains 12 mm. The smooth protoconch consists of 1½-2 whorls. The teleoconch conta ...

'' (Smith E. A., 1904) * ''

Striatoguraleus vellicatus ''Striatoguraleus vellicatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae. Description The length of this nassariiform shell attains 6.6 mm. It differs from S. Himaeformis in that it lacks a brephic s ...

'' Kilburn, 1994

References

Kilburn, R. N. "Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 7. Subfamily Crassispirinae, section 2." Annals of the Natal Museum 35.1 (1994): 177-228

External links

Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1-1295

Specimen at MNHN, Paris
Horaiclavidae Gastropod genera {{Horaiclavidae-stub