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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 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. © rights reserved
From about 15 metres, off Bland Bay, Northland, NZ. © rights reserved
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 Fleming, 1962
Details: Prototyphis eos (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 30mm, Width 16mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, Cape Maria van Diemen, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Mahia Peninsula, from 0-710m
Type Data:
  • Bay of Islands - no exact data, NZ, (lectotype)
Notes:
Dawn Murex, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Mead, K., Carson, K., Raven, J.L., Couper, J., Elliot, M., Elliot, C., Bracegirdle, S. Nov/2021 Notes on NZ Collected Species, Cookia, 33 (p.18)
  • Beu, A.G., Maxwell, P.A. 1990 Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey, 58 (p.358)
  • Cumber, R.A. Nov/1980 The Pterotyphis eos eos (Hutton) wash-up at Paihia in 1969, Poirieria, 10(6) (p.94)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.171)
  • Fleming, C.A. 1962 The Genus Pterynotus Swainson (Gastropoda, Family Muricidae) in New Zealand and Norfolk Island, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2(14) (p.115)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species, Dominion Museum (NZ) (p.8) Original Description

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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