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Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Murdochella (Genus)
> alacer (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Murdochella tertia Finlay, 1930
Images: Murdochella alacer Finlay, 1926
Holotype, collected in 73 metres, off cuvier Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA70494). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Murdochella tertia Finlay, collected in 137 metres, off North Cape, NZ (MA70496). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Murdochella (Genus)
> alacer (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Murdochella tertia Finlay, 1930
Details: Murdochella alacer Finlay, 1926
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.7mm, Width 1.6mm
Distribution:
South-west of Three Kings Islands, off Cape Reinga, north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 20-440m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.253)
  • Finlay, H. 1926 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.402) Original Description

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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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