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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)
> Zeatrophon (Genus)
> ambiguus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Fusus ambiguus Philippi, 1844
=Fusus cretaceus Reeve, 1847
=Trophon ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
=Trophon spiratum H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864
=Trophon spiratus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864
=Xymene ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
=Zeatrophon elegans C.A. Fleming, 1943
=Zeatrophon mutabilis Marwick, 1928
Images: Zeatrophon ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
Found scuba diving 15 metres, off Northland, NZ. 43mm
Collected 28 Feb 1996, W side of Town Reach, Tauranga Harbour, NZ (M.131427). ~40mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 20 Feb 1972, Sylvan Cove, South Arm, Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, NZ (M.030805). ~40mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 3 Mar 1976, Titirangi Bay, Guards Bay, N of Picton, NZ (M.054747). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected May 1986, Otago Harbour, NZ (M.133724). © 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)
> Zeatrophon (Genus)
> ambiguus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Fusus ambiguus Philippi, 1844
=Fusus cretaceus Reeve, 1847
=Trophon ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
=Trophon spiratum H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864
=Trophon spiratus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864
=Xymene ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
=Zeatrophon elegans C.A. Fleming, 1943
=Zeatrophon mutabilis Marwick, 1928
Details: Zeatrophon ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
Size/Grows to:
Height 64mm, Width 38mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. From low tide to about 50 fathoms
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.174)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1972 A review of the genus Xymene Iredale of New Zealand (Mollusca: Muricidae), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2(4) (p.484)

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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