Mangeliidae: Guraleus (Guraleus) pictus (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) (‘painted turrid’)

Synonym(s): pictus Adams & Angas, 1863 lineata Angas, 1865 vincentinus Crosse & Fischer, 1865 meredithiae Tenison-Woods, 1876.

Typical shell-length 17 mm. Variable in shape (from squat to elongate) and in the extent of brown banding (from entirely white to broadly brown). Lives intertidally and subtidally amongst rocks and seaweed. Native. Endemic to southern and eastern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC and SA). In Tasmanian waters, this is a widespread species, and the species of Guraleus most likely to be encountered in the S.