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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Comptella (Genus)
> curta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trophon (Kalydon) curta R. Murdoch, 1905
=Trophon curtus R. Murdoch, 1905
Images: Comptella curta (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Lectotype, collected 'Whangaroa' = Foveaux Strait or Stewart Island, NZ (M.001802). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Dredged in 150-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 6.5mm
Dredged in 500-600 metres, Papanui Canyon, Otago, NZ. 5.2mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Comptella (Genus)
> curta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trophon (Kalydon) curta R. Murdoch, 1905
=Trophon curtus R. Murdoch, 1905
Details: Comptella curta (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Size/Grows to:
Height 7mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
South Island. Off Taiaroa Head, Otago, to Stewart Island. Snares, Campbell and Auckland Islands
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.176)
  • Murdoch, R. 1905 Additions to the marine Mollusca of New Zealand., Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 37 (p.228) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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