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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: CORALLIOPHILINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Coralliophilinae (Subfamily)
> Emozamia (Genus)
> licina (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Murex licinus Hedley & Petterd, 1906
=Trophon licinus (Hedley & Petterd, 1906)
Images: Emozamia licina (Hedley & Petterd, 1906)
Trawled, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 18-20mm. K.W.Burch Collection
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: CORALLIOPHILINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Coralliophilinae (Subfamily)
> Emozamia (Genus)
> licina (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Murex licinus Hedley & Petterd, 1906
=Trophon licinus (Hedley & Petterd, 1906)
Details: Emozamia licina (Hedley & Petterd, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Height 20mm, Width 14mm
Distribution:
Northland to Bay of Plenty. Also New South Wales to Tasmania, Australia, Japan, Philippines
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Mead, K., Carson, K., Raven, J.L., Couper, J., Elliot, M., Elliot, C., Bracegirdle, S. Nov/2021 Notes on NZ Collected Species, Cookia, 33 (p.20)
  • Marshall, B.A., Oliverio, M. 2009 The Recent Coralliophilinae of the New Zealand region, with descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricidae), Molluscan Research, 29(3) (p.164)
  • Kosuge, S., Suzuki, M. 1985 Illustrated catalogue of Latiaxis and its related groups. Family Coralliophilidae, Institute of Malacology, Tokyo (p.43)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.173)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1976 On the considerable influx of warm water molluscs that have invaded northern New Zealand waters within recent years, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 13 (p.153)

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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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