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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)
> Zeatrophon (Genus)
> ambiguus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Fusus ambiguus Philippi, 1844
=Fusus cretaceus Reeve, 1847
=Trophon ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
=Trophon spiratum H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864
=Trophon spiratus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864
=Xymene ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
=Zeatrophon elegans C.A. Fleming, 1943
=Zeatrophon mutabilis Marwick, 1928
Images: Zeatrophon ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
Found scuba diving 15 metres, off Northland, NZ. 43mm
Collected 28 Feb 1996, W side of Town Reach, Tauranga Harbour, NZ (M.131427). ~40mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 20 Feb 1972, Sylvan Cove, South Arm, Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, NZ (M.030805). ~40mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 3 Mar 1976, Titirangi Bay, Guards Bay, N of Picton, NZ (M.054747). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected May 1986, Otago Harbour, NZ (M.133724). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Zeatrophon (Genus)
> ambiguus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Fusus ambiguus Philippi, 1844
=Fusus cretaceus Reeve, 1847
=Trophon ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
=Trophon spiratum H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864
=Trophon spiratus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864
=Xymene ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
=Zeatrophon elegans C.A. Fleming, 1943
=Zeatrophon mutabilis Marwick, 1928
Details: Zeatrophon ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
Size/Grows to:
Height 64mm, Width 38mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. From low tide to about 50 fathoms
Geographical Range:
ACFM
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.174)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1972 A review of the genus Xymene Iredale of New Zealand (Mollusca: Muricidae), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2(4) (p.484)

*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