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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Terefundus (Genus)
> cuvierensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Terefundus (Terefundus) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Leucosyrinx cuvierensis Mestayer, 1919
Images: Terefundus cuvierensis (Mestayer, 1919)
Holotype of Leucosyrinx cuvierensis, collected 1914, off Cuvier Island, NW Bay of Plenty, NZ (M.001068). ~4.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Terefundus (Genus)
> cuvierensis (Species)
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:
Northern and south-western North Island, from 22-257m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Houart, R. 2022 New species and genera of Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand, Novapex, 23(1) (p.25)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.177)
  • Mestayer, M. 1919 New species of Mollusca from various dredgings taken off the coast of New Zealand, the Snares Islands, and the Bounty Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 51 (p.133) 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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