Dreaming Turrid

Guraleus alucinans

Sea Life Endemic IUCN: Not Evaluated

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About

This is a small shell that features ribbed whorls the colour is whitish with intermittent dark banding on the shoulder

Size

Can grow to around 10mm

Habitat

Lives subtidally and offshore amongst rocks and seaweed

Distribution

Southern Australia Tasmania, South Australia and Victoria

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Local Sightings

1 recorded sighting in and around the area.

References & citations (1)

Grove, S.J. (2018). A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania web-site (accessed 2021-09-22 14:03:33)

Quick Facts

Common name: Dreaming Turrid
Scientific name: Guraleus alucinans (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896)
Family: Mangeliidae
Category: Sea Life › Shellfish
Origin: Endemic
Conservation: Not Evaluated

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