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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)
> pulcherrimus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Xymene pulcherrimus (Finlay, 1930)
Images: Zeatrophon pulcherrimus Finlay, 1930
Collected 21 Feb 1979, Pegasus Canyon, NE of Banks Peninsula, NZ (M.094739). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 25 Feb 1972, North Arm, Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, NZ (M.026615). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 2 Mar 1976, S of Waverley, Taranaki, NZ (M.050210). © 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)
> pulcherrimus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Xymene pulcherrimus (Finlay, 1930)
Details: Zeatrophon pulcherrimus Finlay, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Height 18mm, Width 7mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. From 15-600 metres
Geographical Range:
ACFM
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.489)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.238) Original Description

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

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil