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Taxonomy
Family:
CYMATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cymatiidae (Family)
> Monoplex (Genus)
> exaratus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cabestanimorpha Iredale, 1936
=Cymatium (Monoplex) Perry, 1810
=Septa (Monoplex) Perry, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Cabestanimorpha euclia Cotton, 1945
=Cymatium (Monoplex) exaratum (Reeve, 1844)
=Cymatium exaratum (Reeve, 1844)
=Cymatium zimara Iredale, 1929
=Lotorium (Cymatium) kiiense G.B. Sowerby III, 1915
=Monoplex cornutus Perry, 1811
=Triton exaratus Reeve, 1844
=Triton obscurus A. Adams, 1855
=Tritonium granulatum Dunker, 1871
Images: Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844)
Off White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 37mm
From off Northland, NZ
Washed up in rock pool, near Rarawa, Far North, NZ. 23mm
Taxonomy
Family:
CYMATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cymatiidae (Family)
> Monoplex (Genus)
> exaratus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cabestanimorpha Iredale, 1936
=Cymatium (Monoplex) Perry, 1810
=Septa (Monoplex) Perry, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Cabestanimorpha euclia Cotton, 1945
=Cymatium (Monoplex) exaratum (Reeve, 1844)
=Cymatium exaratum (Reeve, 1844)
=Cymatium zimara Iredale, 1929
=Lotorium (Cymatium) kiiense G.B. Sowerby III, 1915
=Monoplex cornutus Perry, 1811
=Triton exaratus Reeve, 1844
=Triton obscurus A. Adams, 1855
=Tritonium granulatum Dunker, 1871
Details: Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844)
Size/Grows to:
Height 60mm, Width 36mm
Distribution:
Northland east coast
Geographical Range:
KAC
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W., Raven, J.L., Foreman, G.A., Grenfell, H.R. 2006 Intertidal and shallow subtidal biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 43 (p.32)
  • 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)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.165)

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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
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