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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)
> mortenseni caudatinus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Xymene mortenseni caudatinus (Finlay, 1930)
=Zeatrophon caudatinus Finlay, 1930
Images: Zeatrophon mortenseni caudatinus (Finlay, 1930)
Dredged off Stewart Island in 18-20 metres. 22mm
Washup from Rarawa Beach, Far North, NZ. 18mm
Collected 22 Feb 1974, main channel, Whangaroa Harbour entrance, Northland, NZ (M.041124). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, trawled off Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA70865). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Zeatrophon (Genus)
> mortenseni caudatinus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Xymene mortenseni caudatinus (Finlay, 1930)
=Zeatrophon caudatinus Finlay, 1930
Details: Zeatrophon mortenseni caudatinus (Finlay, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Height 23mm, Width 10mm
Distribution:
Northland to Stewart Island and Chatham Islands. From 20-200 metres
Geographical Range:
ACFME.
Notes:
Marine, 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.490)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.238) Original Description

*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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil