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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: HAUSTRINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Haustrinae (Subfamily)
> Haustrum (Genus)
> haustorium (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lepsia Hutton, 1883
=Lepsiella Iredale, 1912
=Lepsithais Finlay, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum haustorium Gmelin, 1791
=Haustrum zealandicum Perry, 1811
=Microtoma unicolor Swainson, 1840
=Purpura haustrum (Martyn, 1784)
Images: Haustrum haustorium (Gmelin, 1791)
On rocks at low tide, Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 52mm
On rocks, Bowentown, Bay of Plenty, NZ
With it's eggs under a rock ledge. Mahurangi, Auckland, NZ
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: HAUSTRINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Haustrinae (Subfamily)
> Haustrum (Genus)
> haustorium (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lepsia Hutton, 1883
=Lepsiella Iredale, 1912
=Lepsithais Finlay, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum haustorium Gmelin, 1791
=Haustrum zealandicum Perry, 1811
=Microtoma unicolor Swainson, 1840
=Purpura haustrum (Martyn, 1784)
Details: Haustrum haustorium (Gmelin, 1791)
Size/Grows to:
Height 81mm, Width 56mm
Distribution:
North, South and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACM
Notes:
Brown Rock Shell, Dark Rock Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.180)

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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