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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 paupereques (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) Ponder, 1972
Synonymised Names:
=Prototyphis paupereques (Powell, 1974)
=Pterochelus paupereques Powell, 1974
Images: Prototyphis eos paupereques (Powell, 1974)
Holotype, collected in 1969, 9-18 metres, Poor Knights Islands, Northland, NZ (MA71343). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: TRIPTEROTYPHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Tripterotyphinae (Subfamily)
> Prototyphis (Genus)
> eos paupereques (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) Ponder, 1972
Synonymised Names:
=Prototyphis paupereques (Powell, 1974)
=Pterochelus paupereques Powell, 1974
Details: Prototyphis eos paupereques (Powell, 1974)
Size/Grows to:
Height 30mm, Width 19mm
Distribution:
Off northland east coast
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G., Maxwell, P.A. 1990 Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey, 58 (p.358)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.171)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1974 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 8, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 11 (p.199) 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