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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Comptella (Genus)
> curta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trophon (Kalydon) curta R. Murdoch, 1905
=Trophon curtus R. Murdoch, 1905
Images: Comptella curta (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Lectotype, collected 'Whangaroa' = Foveaux Strait or Stewart Island, NZ (M.001802). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Dredged in 150-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 6.5mm
Dredged in 500-600 metres, Papanui Canyon, Otago, NZ. 5.2mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Comptella (Genus)
> curta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trophon (Kalydon) curta R. Murdoch, 1905
=Trophon curtus R. Murdoch, 1905
Details: Comptella curta (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Size/Grows to:
Height 7mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
South Island. Off Taiaroa Head, Otago, to Stewart Island. Snares, Campbell and Auckland Islands
Geographical Range:
FAn
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.176)
  • Murdoch, R. 1905 Additions to the marine Mollusca of New Zealand., Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 37 (p.228) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil