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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: HAUSTRINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Haustrinae (Subfamily)
> Haustrum (Genus)
> haustorium (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lepsia Hutton, 1883
=Lepsiella Iredale, 1912
=Lepsithais Finlay, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum haustorium Gmelin, 1791
=Haustrum zealandicum Perry, 1811
=Microtoma unicolor Swainson, 1840
=Purpura haustrum (Martyn, 1784)
Images: Haustrum haustorium (Gmelin, 1791)
On rocks at low tide, Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 52mm
On rocks, Bowentown, Bay of Plenty, NZ
With it's eggs under a rock ledge. Mahurangi, Auckland, NZ
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: HAUSTRINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Haustrinae (Subfamily)
> Haustrum (Genus)
> haustorium (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lepsia Hutton, 1883
=Lepsiella Iredale, 1912
=Lepsithais Finlay, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum haustorium Gmelin, 1791
=Haustrum zealandicum Perry, 1811
=Microtoma unicolor Swainson, 1840
=Purpura haustrum (Martyn, 1784)
Details: Haustrum haustorium (Gmelin, 1791)
Size/Grows to:
Height 81mm, Width 56mm
Distribution:
North, South and Chatham Islands
Notes:
Brown Rock Shell, Dark Rock Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.180)

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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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