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Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Murdochella (Genus)
> alacer (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Murdochella tertia Finlay, 1930
Images: Murdochella alacer Finlay, 1926
Holotype, collected in 73 metres, off cuvier Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA70494). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Murdochella tertia Finlay, collected in 137 metres, off North Cape, NZ (MA70496). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Murdochella (Genus)
> alacer (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Murdochella tertia Finlay, 1930
Details: Murdochella alacer Finlay, 1926
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.7mm, Width 1.6mm
Distribution:
South-west of Three Kings Islands, off Cape Reinga, north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 20-440m
Type Data:
  • 140 metres, off North Cape, NZ, (type of tertia Finlay, 1930)
  • 73 metres, off Cuvier Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.253)
  • Finlay, H. 1926 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.402) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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