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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)
> Babelomurex (Genus)
> lischkeanus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Latiaxis (Toreuma) lischkeanus (Dunker, 1882)
=Latiaxis lischkeanus (Dunker, 1882) accepted, alternate representation
=Rapana lischkeana Dunker, 1882
=Tolema australis Laseron, 1955
=Tolema peregrina Powell, 1947
Images: Babelomurex lischkeanus (Dunker, 1882)
Trawled in the Bay of Plenty. 45mm. © rights reserved
Trawled in the Bay of Plenty. 48mm. © rights reserved
Holotype of Tolema peregrina Powell, 1947, trawled in 37-46 metres, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA71138). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Dredged in 35 metres, east coast Coromandel, NZ. Courtesy of Claire Elliot
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: CORALLIOPHILINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Coralliophilinae (Subfamily)
> Babelomurex (Genus)
> lischkeanus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Latiaxis (Toreuma) lischkeanus (Dunker, 1882)
=Latiaxis lischkeanus (Dunker, 1882) accepted, alternate representation
=Rapana lischkeana Dunker, 1882
=Tolema australis Laseron, 1955
=Tolema peregrina Powell, 1947
Details: Babelomurex lischkeanus (Dunker, 1882)
Size/Grows to:
Height 62mm, Width 41mm
Distribution:
Namibia and Indo-West Pacific, Japan, South China Sea, Philippines and Queensland to Victoria, Australia. Kermadec Islands, north-eastern North Island, and off New Plymouth, from 46-402m
Type Data:
  • Seto Inland Sea, Japan, (holotype)
  • 200 metres, off Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, (type of Tolema australis Laseron, 1955)
  • 37-45 metres, Hauraki Gulf entrance, NZ, (type of Tolema peregrina Powell, 1947)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, On scleractinian corals
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References and Publications
  • 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.156)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.182)

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