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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: MURICOPSINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Muricopsinae (Subfamily)
> Murexsul (Genus)
> espinosus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hexaplex (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
=Murexsul (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
=Muricopsis (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Murex espinosus Hutton, 1885
Images: Murexsul espinosus (Hutton, 1885)
From off White Island in about 20 metres. 33mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: MURICOPSINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Muricopsinae (Subfamily)
> Murexsul (Genus)
> espinosus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hexaplex (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
=Murexsul (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
=Muricopsis (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Murex espinosus Hutton, 1885
Details: Murexsul espinosus (Hutton, 1885)
Size/Grows to:
Height 35mm, Width 17mm
Distribution:
Late Pliocene to early Pleistocene, eastern North Island between Hastings and Cape Palliser. Recent from Ranfurly Bank, off East Cape to off Mahia Peninsula
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 2014 Recent occurrence of Murexsul espinosus (Hutton, 1885) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) off the south-eastern North Island, New Zealand with some notes on other neogastropods endemic to the south-eastern North Island, Molluscan Research, 34(1) (p.49)
  • Beu, A.G., Maxwell, P.A. 1990 Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey, 58 (p.359)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1885 New species of Tertiary shells, New Zealand Journal of Science, 1(2) (p.524) Original Description

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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