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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:
Indo-West Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean. Raoul Island, North Island, far northern and south-western South Island, and Chatham Islands
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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Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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