Striatoguraleus vellicatus Kilburn 1994

Striatoguraleus vellicatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.^[1]

Description

The length of this nassariiform shell attains 6.6 mm. It differs from S. Himaeformis in that it lacks a brephic sculptural stage, and instead develops directly from the protoconch to axial and spiral sculpture.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Transkei, South Africa

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