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Taxonomy
Family:
CYMATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cymatiidae (Family)
> Monoplex (Genus)
> parthenopeus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cabestanimorpha Iredale, 1936
=Cymatium (Monoplex) Perry, 1810
=Septa (Monoplex) Perry, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Cymatium (Cabestana) parthenopius (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
=Cymatium (Monoplex) parthenopeum (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
=Cymatium (Septa) parthenopeum (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
=Cymatium parthenopeum (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
=Monoplex australasiae Perry, 1811
=Murex parthenopeus Salis Marschlins, 1793
=Septa (Monoplex) parthenopea (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
Images: Monoplex parthenopeus (von Salis, 1793)
Low tide, Parengarenga Harbour, Far North, NZ. 87mm
From deep water off Bream Bay, Northland, NZ. 135mm
Low tide, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 65mm
Alive at low tide. Matai Bay, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 60mm
Taxonomy
Family:
CYMATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cymatiidae (Family)
> Monoplex (Genus)
> parthenopeus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cabestanimorpha Iredale, 1936
=Cymatium (Monoplex) Perry, 1810
=Septa (Monoplex) Perry, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Cymatium (Cabestana) parthenopius (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
=Cymatium (Monoplex) parthenopeum (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
=Cymatium (Septa) parthenopeum (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
=Cymatium parthenopeum (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
=Monoplex australasiae Perry, 1811
=Murex parthenopeus Salis Marschlins, 1793
=Septa (Monoplex) parthenopea (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
Details: Monoplex parthenopeus (von Salis, 1793)
Size/Grows to:
Height 142mm, Width 80mm
Distribution:
North, South and Chatham Islands. Also Australia
Geographical Range:
KACFM
Notes:
Hairy Trumpet, Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Lakeman, P. Nov/2009 Cymatium parthenopeum, Cookia, 21 (p.16)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.220)
  • Morley, M.S. Oct/1995 A Small Point - Features of the Protoconchs of Cymatium parthenopeum parthenopeum (Salis, 1793) and Cabestana spengleri (Perry, 1811): Ranellidae, Poirieria, 17(4)
  • Douglas, W.N. Aug/1985 Periostracum preservation, Poirieria, 14(2) (p.10)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.165)
  • Beu, A.G. 1970 The Mollusca of the Subgenus Monoplex (Family Cymatiidae), Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 17 (p.225)

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