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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)
> Enixotrophon (Genus)
> tangaroa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pagodula Monterosato, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Pagodula tangaroa B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011
Images: Enixotrophon tangaroa (B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011)
Holotype, collected 11 Jan 1979, Hikurangi Trench, S side, NE of Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.190334). 32.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Enixotrophon (Genus)
> tangaroa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pagodula Monterosato, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Pagodula tangaroa B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011
Details: Enixotrophon tangaroa (B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011)
Size/Grows to:
Height 37mm
Distribution:
North-eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, 880-2155 metres
Geographical Range:
CM
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Houart, R. 2011 The genus Pagodula (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Australia, the New Zealand region and the Tasman Sea, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 54 (p.107) 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil