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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
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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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