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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: MURICOPSINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Muricopsinae (Subfamily)
> Murexsul (Genus)
> mariae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hexaplex (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
=Murexsul (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
=Muricopsis (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Murexsul espinosus mariae Finlay, 1930
=Muricopsis (Murexsul) mariae (Finlay, 1930)
=Muricopsis mariae (Finlay, 1930)
Images: Murexsul mariae Finlay, 1930
From Houhora Harbour, Far North, NZ. 29mm
From 10-12 metres, off Northland, NZ. 20mm
From 10-12 metres, off Northland, NZ. 20mm
Holotype, collected at Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ (MA70502). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Intertidal under rocks, Mahurangi, Auckland, NZ
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: MURICOPSINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Muricopsinae (Subfamily)
> Murexsul (Genus)
> mariae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hexaplex (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
=Murexsul (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
=Muricopsis (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Murexsul espinosus mariae Finlay, 1930
=Muricopsis (Murexsul) mariae (Finlay, 1930)
=Muricopsis mariae (Finlay, 1930)
Details: Murexsul mariae Finlay, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Height 30mm, Width 14mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, North Island as far south as East Cape
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Burch, K.W. 2000 The New Zealand Recent species of Muricopsis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg and Dollfus, 1882 (Gastropoda: Muricidae), The Nautilus, 114(1) (p.21)
  • Beu, A.G., Maxwell, P.A. 1990 Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey, 58 (p.359)
  • Scott, I. Apr/1989 A closer look at Muricopsis octogonus, Poirieria, 15(6) (p.6)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.170)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.237) Original Description

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NZ Geographical Regions
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Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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