Terefundus cuvierensis (Mestayer, 1919)Species Images
Holotype of Leucosyrinx cuvierensis, collected 1914, off Cuvier Island, NW Bay of Plenty, NZ (M.001068). Height approx. 4.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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Taxonomy: Terefundus cuvierensis (Mestayer, 1919)
Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Pagodulinae (Subfamily) > Terefundus (Genus) > cuvierensis (Species)
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Genus Synonyms:
=Terefundus (Terefundus) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Leucosyrinx cuvierensis Mestayer, 1919
Details: Terefundus cuvierensis (Mestayer, 1919)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.5mm, Width 2mm
Distribution:
Northland to Bay of Plenty, trawled
Geographical Range:
AE.
Notes:
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References and Publications
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.177)
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Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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