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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: TROPHONINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Trophoninae (Subfamily)
> Minortrophon (Genus)
> crassiliratus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Terefundus (Minortrophon) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Daphnella crassilirata Suter, 1908
=Terefundus crassiliratus (Suter, 1908)
Images: Minortrophon crassiliratus (Suter, 1908)
In shell grit, off eastern Foveaux Strait, NZ
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: TROPHONINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Trophoninae (Subfamily)
> Minortrophon (Genus)
> crassiliratus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Terefundus (Minortrophon) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Daphnella crassilirata Suter, 1908
=Terefundus crassiliratus (Suter, 1908)
Details: Minortrophon crassiliratus (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3mm, Width 1.5mm
Distribution:
South Island. Off Taiaroa Head, Otago, to Stewart Island. Off Snares and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
FMAn
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.177)
  • Suter, H. 1913 Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca, John MacKay, Government Printer, Wellington (p.509)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Descriptions of new species of New Zealand marine shells., Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.190) Original Description

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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