Antiguraleus pedicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Antiguraleus pedicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Antiguraleus
Species:
A. pedicus
Binomial name
Antiguraleus pedicus
A.W.B. Powell, 1942
Synonyms[1]

Propebela pedica (Powell, 1942)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 5.7 mm, its diameter 2.3 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs off Otago Heads, and Snares Islands, New Zealand

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Antiguraleus pedicus Powell, 1942. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432997 on 2017-03-02
  • Powell, Arthur William Baden. The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics. No. 2. Unity Press limited, printers, 1942.
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p. 239)
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
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