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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: MURICINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Muricinae (Subfamily)
> Chicoreus (Genus)
> ramosus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chicoreus (Chicoreus) ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted, alternate representation
=Murex fortispinna François, 1891
=Murex frondosus sensu Martini Mörch, 1852
=Murex inflatus Lamarck, 1822
=Murex ramosus Linnaeus, 1758
=Purpura fusiformis Röding, 1798
=Purpura incarnata Röding, 1758
Images: Chicoreus ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Washed up near the Bay of Islands
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: MURICINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Muricinae (Subfamily)
> Chicoreus (Genus)
> ramosus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Chicoreus (Chicoreus) ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted, alternate representation
=Murex fortispinna François, 1891
=Murex frondosus sensu Martini Mörch, 1852
=Murex inflatus Lamarck, 1822
=Murex ramosus Linnaeus, 1758
=Purpura fusiformis Röding, 1798
=Purpura incarnata Röding, 1758
Details: Chicoreus ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution:
Tropical Indo-Pacific. Occasional records from Tauranga and Takou Bay, Northland
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.172)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1976 On the considerable influx of warm water molluscs that have invaded northern New Zealand waters within recent years, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 13 (p.153)
  • Moss, E.G.B. 1908 The Beautiful Shells of New Zealand, Collins Bros. & Co., Limited, Auckland (p.16)

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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