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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)
> Ponderia (Genus)
> zealandica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Prototyphis (Ponderia) zealandicus (Hutton, 1873)
=Prototyphis zealandicus (Hutton, 1873)
=Pterynotus (Pterochelus) zealandicus (Hutton, 1873)
=Typhis zealandica Hutton, 1873
Images: Ponderia zealandica Hutton, 1873
Castlecliff, Wanganui (fossil). 20mm
Collected 08 Aug 1963, 14-16 km due N of Cape Farewell. (M.017977). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 25 Jan 1979, off East Cape, Ranfurly Bank, NZ (M.070409). 18mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Castlecliff, Wanganui (fossil)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: TRIPTEROTYPHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Tripterotyphinae (Subfamily)
> Ponderia (Genus)
> zealandica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Prototyphis (Ponderia) zealandicus (Hutton, 1873)
=Prototyphis zealandicus (Hutton, 1873)
=Pterynotus (Pterochelus) zealandicus (Hutton, 1873)
=Typhis zealandica Hutton, 1873
Details: Ponderia zealandica Hutton, 1873
Size/Grows to:
Height 30mm, Width 21mm
Distribution:
Cook Strait and off Cape Campbell, Bay of Plenty to East Cape. Castlecliff, Wanganui fossil
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, 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)
  • D'Atillio, A., Hertz, C.M. 1988 An Illustrated catalogue of the family Typhidae Cossmann, 1903 (Gastropoda: Muricacea), The Festivus (p.37)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.172)
  • 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 Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand, in the collection of the Colonial Museum, Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington Original Description

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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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