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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: TRIPTEROTYPHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Tripterotyphinae (Subfamily)
> Prototyphis (Genus)
> eos (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) Ponder, 1972
Synonymised Names:
=Murex (Pteronotus) eos Hutton, 1873
=Murex eos Hutton, 1873
=Prototyphis eos eos (Hutton, 1873) accepted, alternate representation
=Pterynotus (Pterochelus) angasi powelli C.A. Fleming, 1962
Images: Prototyphis eos (Hutton, 1873)
From about 15 metres, off Bland Bay, Northland. They are occasionally seen under large rock slabs or in crevices
From about 15 metres, off Bland Bay, Northland, NZ
Lectotype, collected Bay of Islands (no other data), NZ (M.000067). ~24mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 15 Feb 1986, S side of Rosemary Rock, Princes Island, NZ (M.305387). ~25mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: TRIPTEROTYPHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Tripterotyphinae (Subfamily)
> Prototyphis (Genus)
> eos (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) Ponder, 1972
Synonymised Names:
=Murex (Pteronotus) eos Hutton, 1873
=Murex eos Hutton, 1873
=Prototyphis eos eos (Hutton, 1873) accepted, alternate representation
=Pterynotus (Pterochelus) angasi powelli C.A. Fleming, 1962
Details: Prototyphis eos (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 30mm, Width 16mm
Distribution:
Northland east coast to Bay of Plenty and East Cape
Notes:
Dawn Murex, 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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