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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)
> lacunosum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lepsia Hutton, 1883
=Lepsiella Iredale, 1912
=Lepsithais Finlay, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum bicostatum Bruguière, 1789
=Buccinum lacunosum Bruguière, 1789
=Lepsithais lacunosa (Bruguière, 1789)
=Lepsithais youngi Finlay, 1928
=Polytropa squamata Hutton, 1878
=Purpura rupestris Valenciennes, 1846
=Purpura striata Gray, 1843
Images: Haustrum lacunosum (Bruguière, 1789)
Banks Peninsula, Canterbury. 30mm
In beach drift, Marfells Beach, W of Cape Campbell, NZ. 39mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: HAUSTRINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Haustrinae (Subfamily)
> Haustrum (Genus)
> lacunosum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lepsia Hutton, 1883
=Lepsiella Iredale, 1912
=Lepsithais Finlay, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum bicostatum Bruguière, 1789
=Buccinum lacunosum Bruguière, 1789
=Lepsithais lacunosa (Bruguière, 1789)
=Lepsithais youngi Finlay, 1928
=Polytropa squamata Hutton, 1878
=Purpura rupestris Valenciennes, 1846
=Purpura striata Gray, 1843
Details: Haustrum lacunosum (Bruguière, 1789)
Size/Grows to:
Height 40mm, Width 25mm
Distribution:
Cook Strait south, Stewart Island, Auckland and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
CFMAn
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Lamellose within the grooves
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