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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)
> octogonus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hexaplex (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
=Murexsul (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
=Muricopsis (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Murex octogonus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Murex peruvianus G.B. Sowerby II, 1841
=Murexsul cuvierensis Finlay, 1927
=Muricopsis (Murexsul) octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
=Muricopsis octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Images: Murexsul octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
In about 15 metres, northern NZ. 56mm. © rights reserved
In about 15 metres, northern NZ. 55mm. © rights reserved
Off Thompsons Point, Waiheke Island, 22 metres. 54mm. © rights reserved
Holotype of Muricopsis cuvierensis Finlay 1927, dredged in 73 metres, off Cuvier Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA70500). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: MURICOPSINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Muricopsinae (Subfamily)
> Murexsul (Genus)
> octogonus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hexaplex (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
=Murexsul (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
=Muricopsis (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Murex octogonus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Murex peruvianus G.B. Sowerby II, 1841
=Murexsul cuvierensis Finlay, 1927
=Muricopsis (Murexsul) octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
=Muricopsis octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Details: Murexsul octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Size/Grows to:
Height 89mm, Width 48mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, off Cape Maria van Diemen, and north-eastern and south-western North Island, from 0-508m
Type Data:
  • Bay of Islands - no exact data, NZ, (syntype)
  • 73 metres, off Cuvier Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype of Muricopsis cuvierensis Finlay, 1927)
Notes:
Octagonal Murex, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Scott, I. Oct/2000 Murexsul Feeding at Leigh, Poirieria, 26 (p.23)
  • 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.18)
  • 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)

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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