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Taxonomy
Family:
STRUTHIOLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Stromboidea (Superfamily)
> Struthiolariidae (Family)
> Struthiolaria (Genus)
> papulosa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum coronarium Lightfoot, 1786
=Buccinum papulosum Martyn, 1784
=Murex stramineus Gmelin, 1791
=Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) papulosa (Martyn, 1784)
=Struthiolaria gigas G.B. Sowerby II, 1842
=Struthiolaria nodosa Gray, 1835
=Struthiolaria nodulosa Lamarck, 1816
=Struthiolaria papillaris Gray, 1857
=Struthiolaria sulcata Jonas, 1839
=Struthiolaria tasmani L.C. King, 1933
Images: Struthiolaria papulosa (Martyn, 1784)
In beach drift, Bream Bay, Whangarei, NZ. 72mm. © rights reserved
In beach drift, Bream Bay, Whangarei, NZ. Showing thinner immature lip. 65mm. © rights reserved
Manukau Harbour, Auckland, NZ. 81mm. © rights reserved
(gigas form) - Off Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ. 87mm. © rights reserved
From Ruakaka, south of Whangarei, Northland, NZ. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
STRUTHIOLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Stromboidea (Superfamily)
> Struthiolariidae (Family)
> Struthiolaria (Genus)
> papulosa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum coronarium Lightfoot, 1786
=Buccinum papulosum Martyn, 1784
=Murex stramineus Gmelin, 1791
=Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) papulosa (Martyn, 1784)
=Struthiolaria gigas G.B. Sowerby II, 1842
=Struthiolaria nodosa Gray, 1835
=Struthiolaria nodulosa Lamarck, 1816
=Struthiolaria papillaris Gray, 1857
=Struthiolaria sulcata Jonas, 1839
=Struthiolaria tasmani L.C. King, 1933
Details: Struthiolaria papulosa (Martyn, 1784)
Size/Grows to:
Height 106mm, Width 63mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island, from 0-200m
Notes:
Large Ostrich Foot, Marine, Native - Endemic, In shallow water, on sand flats in sheltered to open coasts
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Mienis, H.K. Nov/1998 A Blister Pearl in Struthiolaria papulosa, Poirieria, 23 (p.6)
  • Morton, J.E. Apr/1997 The Strombacea Re-visited Part 1, Strithiolaria and Aporrhais, Poirieria, 20 (p.1)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.142)
  • Martyn, T. 1784 The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells 1-4, vol 1-4 Original Description

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NZ Geographical Regions
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Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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