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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)
> Rolandiella (Genus)
> scotti (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Muricopsis (Rolandiella) B.A. Marshall & K.W. Burch, 2000
Synonymised Names:
=Muricopsis (Rolandiella) scotti B.A. Marshall & K.W. Burch, 2000
=Muricopsis scotti B.A. Marshall & K.W. Burch, 2000
Images: Rolandiella scotti (B.A. Marshall & K.W. Burch, 2000)
Scuba dived off Northland, NZ. 50mm
Off Northland, 5-8 metres, NZ. 45mm
Holotype, collected Feb 1992, Mathesons Bay, Leigh, NZ (M.138186). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: MURICOPSINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Muricopsinae (Subfamily)
> Rolandiella (Genus)
> scotti (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Muricopsis (Rolandiella) B.A. Marshall & K.W. Burch, 2000
Synonymised Names:
=Muricopsis (Rolandiella) scotti B.A. Marshall & K.W. Burch, 2000
=Muricopsis scotti B.A. Marshall & K.W. Burch, 2000
Details: Rolandiella scotti (B.A. Marshall & K.W. Burch, 2000)
Size/Grows to:
Height 60mm, Width 32mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands and NE North Island, 13-168 metres, living 8-40 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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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