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Guraleus fascinus Hedley, 1922

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Guraleus fascinus Hedley, 1922
Name authority
Hedley, 1922
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Family
Mangeliidae
Genus
Guraleus
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumMollusca
  4. classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
  5. subclassCaenogastropoda L. R. Cox, 1960
  6. orderNeogastropoda Wenz, 1938
  7. superfamilyConoidea J. Fleming, 1822
  8. familyMangeliidae P. Fischer, 1883
  9. genusGuraleus Hedley, 1918
  10. speciesGuraleus fascinus Hedley, 1922

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Guraleus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Guraleus amplexus (A. A. Gould, 1860)MangeliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Guraleus bordaensis Cotton, 1947MangeliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Guraleus cuspis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1896)MangeliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Guraleus delicatulus (Tenison Woods, 1879)MangeliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Guraleus diacritus Cotton, 1947MangeliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Guraleus dubius P. A. Maxwell, 1992MangeliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesRecorded extinct
Guraleus flavescens (Angas, 1877)MangeliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Guraleus halmahericus (Schepman, 1913)MangeliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Guraleus incrustus (Tenison Woods, 1877)MangeliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Guraleus kamakuranus (Pilsbry, 1904)MangeliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Guraleus pictus (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)MangeliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Guraleus tasmantis Laseron, 1954MangeliidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Guraleus fascinus var. stephenensis Hedley, 1922 Hedley, 1922synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Hedley, C. (1922). A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum, 13 (6): 213–359. https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.13.1922.874 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3HMKB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.