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Neoguraleus murdochi

species of mollusc

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ3732670 ↗
Source-derived summary

Neoguraleus murdochi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs throughout New Zealand and at the Steward Island; fossils have been found in Pliocene strata.

References

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).

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Neoguraleus murdochi” as species of mollusc. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1942, 1979, 2009—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Neoguraleus, murdochi and species can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of mollusc. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3732670. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1942, 1979 and 2009.

Critical limits

Scientific names, classifications and consensus can change while older terminology persists in catalogues and historical literature. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Neoguraleus murdochi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.