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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. © rights reserved
From deep water off Bream Bay, Northland, NZ. 135mm. © rights reserved
Low tide, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 65mm. © rights reserved
Alive at low tide. Matai Bay, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 60mm. © rights reserved
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. Kermadec Islands, North Island, far northern and south-western South Island, and Chatham Islands, from 0-135m
Type Data:
  • Naples, Italy, (holotype)
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)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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