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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)
> scobina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lepsia Hutton, 1883
=Lepsiella Iredale, 1912
=Lepsithais Finlay, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Lepsiella scobina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
=Purpura rugosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Purpura scobina Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Purpura tristis Dunker, 1866
Images: Haustrum scobina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Great Barrier Island, Northland, NZ. 33mm
(rutila form) - Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island. 26mm
(rutila form) - Marsden Point, Whangarei. 21mm
With eggs. Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. 20mm
With eggs. Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. 20mm
Found commonly on rocks at mid-low tide throughout NZ
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: HAUSTRINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Haustrinae (Subfamily)
> Haustrum (Genus)
> scobina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lepsia Hutton, 1883
=Lepsiella Iredale, 1912
=Lepsithais Finlay, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Lepsiella scobina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
=Purpura rugosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Purpura scobina Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Purpura tristis Dunker, 1866
Details: Haustrum scobina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Size/Grows to:
Height 34mm, Width 20mm
Distribution:
Throughout New Zealand and the Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Oyster Borer, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Barco, A., Marshall, B.A., Houart, R., Oliverio, M. 2015 Molecular phylogenetics of Haustrinae and Pagodulinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) with a focus on New Zealand species., Journal of Molluscan Studies, 81 (p.484)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.180)
  • Gardner, N.W. Jul/1978 Lepsiella scobina - Our Oyster Borer, Poirieria, 9(5)
  • Gardner, N.W. Oct/1974 Notes on Lepsiella scobina (Quoy & Gaimard), Poirieria, 7(5) (p.93)

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