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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)
> Axymene (Genus)
> aucklandicus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Axymene turbator Finlay, 1926
=Euthria aucklandica E.A. Smith, 1902
=Fusus duodecimus Gray, 1843
=Trophon (Kalydon) columnaris Suter, 1908
=Trophon (Kalydon) erectus Suter, 1909
=Trophon columnaris Suter, 1908
=Trophon erectus Suter, 1909
=Xymene aucklandicus (E.A. Smith, 1902)
=Xymene erectus (Suter, 1909)
Images: Axymene aucklandicus (E.A. Smith, 1902)
Collected 19 Feb 1972, between waterfall & hut, North Arm, Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, NZ (M.026153). © 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)
> Axymene (Genus)
> aucklandicus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Axymene turbator Finlay, 1926
=Euthria aucklandica E.A. Smith, 1902
=Fusus duodecimus Gray, 1843
=Trophon (Kalydon) columnaris Suter, 1908
=Trophon (Kalydon) erectus Suter, 1909
=Trophon columnaris Suter, 1908
=Trophon erectus Suter, 1909
=Xymene aucklandicus (E.A. Smith, 1902)
=Xymene erectus (Suter, 1909)
Details: Axymene aucklandicus (E.A. Smith, 1902)
Size/Grows to:
Height 13mm, Width 6.5mm
Distribution:
Cook Strait to Stewart Island. Snares, Bounty, Campbell and Auckland Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Barco, A., Marshall, B.A., Houart, R., Oliverio, M. 2015 Molecular phylogenetics of Haustrinae and Pagodulinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) with a focus on New Zealand species., Journal of Molluscan Studies, 81 (p.484)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.175)
  • 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.494)
  • Smith, E.A. 1902 Report on the collections of natural history made in the Antarctic regions during the voyage of the 'Southern Cross', Mollusca, 7 (p.203) Original Description

*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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