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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: ERGALATAXINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Ergalataxinae (Subfamily)
> Oppomorus (Genus)
> noduliferus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Morula (Oppomorus) Iredale, 1937
Synonymised Names:
=Morula (Oppomorus) nodulifera (Menke, 1829)
=Morula chaidea (Duclos, 1832)
=Morula nodulifera (Menke, 1829)
=Purpura chaidea Duclos, 1832
=Purpura nassoidea Blainville, 1832
=Purpura nassoides Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Purpura nodulifera Menke, 1829
=Thais chaidea Duclos, 1832
Images: Oppomorus noduliferus (Menke, 1829)
Below low tide, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 17mm
Below low tide, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 18mm
Below low tide, Northland, NZ. 17mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: ERGALATAXINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Ergalataxinae (Subfamily)
> Oppomorus (Genus)
> noduliferus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Morula (Oppomorus) Iredale, 1937
Synonymised Names:
=Morula (Oppomorus) nodulifera (Menke, 1829)
=Morula chaidea (Duclos, 1832)
=Morula nodulifera (Menke, 1829)
=Purpura chaidea Duclos, 1832
=Purpura nassoidea Blainville, 1832
=Purpura nassoides Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Purpura nodulifera Menke, 1829
=Thais chaidea Duclos, 1832
Details: Oppomorus noduliferus (Menke, 1829)
Size/Grows to:
Height 24mm, Width 15mm
Distribution:
Northland east coast. Also New South Wales, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia and Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Spurgeon, A.M., Burch, K.W., Carson, K., Walton, K., Plaisted, J. Nov/2017 Notes on NZ Collected Species, Cookia, 29 (p.12)
  • Houart, R. 2004 Review of the Recent species of Morula (Oppomorus), M. (Azumamorula) and M. (Habromorula) (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Ergalataxinae), Novapex, 5 (p.93)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.181)
  • Sep/1975 Morula chaidea, Poirieria, 8(1)

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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