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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. © rights reserved
Off Northland, 5-8 metres, NZ. 45mm. © rights reserved
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 north-eastern North Island as far south as White Island, from 9-550m
Type Data:
  • South East Bay, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 6-9 metres, E of Mathesons Bay, Leigh, NE of Warkworth, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
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.26) Original Description
  • Scott, I. Apr/1989 A closer look at Muricopsis octogonus, Poirieria, 15(6) (p.6)

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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