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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
In about 15 metres, northern NZ. 55mm
Off Thompsons Point, Waiheke Island, 22 metres. 54mm
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:
Three Kings and North Island down to Kapiti Island and Mahia Peninsula
Geographical Range:
ACE.
Notes:
Octagonal Murex, Marine, 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)

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

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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