Paraguraleus is a genus of minute gastropod molluscs in the family Mangeliidae. First described by A. W. B. Powell in 1944, the genus includes both extant species and fossil species dating back to the early Oligocene. Both extant and fossil species have only been found in Australia.

Description

In the original description, Powell described the genus as below:

Taxonomy

Paraguraleus was first described by A. W. B. Powell in 1944 as a subgenus, naming Guraleus balcombensis the type species. It was raised to genus status by as early as 1954.Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales pp. 56, pls 1–12. Powell synonymised the genus with Antiguraleus in 1966. Alan Beu synoynymised both Antiguraleus and Paraguraleus with the genus Propebela in 2011. This synonymisation is accepted by the Australian Faunal Directory, but not by the World Register of Marine Species.

Distribution

Paraguraleus fossils date from the early Oligocene and the Miocene, and are found in the Otway Basin, Port Phillip Basin, St Vincent Basin and Eucla Basin of Australia. Living taxa are endemic to Australia.

Species Species within the genus Paraguraleus include:

† Paraguraleus abbreviatus † Paraguraleus balcombensis Paraguraleus emina † Paraguraleus finlayi † Paraguraleus incisus Paraguraleus lucidus † Paraguraleus obsoletus Species brought into synonymy

Paraguraleus alternatus Laseron, 1954: synonym of Antiguraleus alternatus (Laseron, 1954) Paraguraleus costatus (Hedley, 1922): synonym of Antiguraleus costatus (Hedley, 1922) Paraguraleus howelli Laseron, 1954: synonym of Antiguraleus howelli (Laseron, 1954) Paraguraleus permutatus (Hedley, 1922): synonym of Antiguraleus permutatus (Hedley, 1922) Paraguraleus serpentis Laseron, 1954: synonym of Antiguraleus serpentis (Laseron, 1954) Paraguraleus subitus Laseron, 1954: synonym of Antiguraleus subitus (Laseron, 1954) Paraguraleus tepidus Laseron, 1954: synonym of Antiguraleus tepidus (Laseron, 1954)

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