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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)
> lacunosum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lepsia Hutton, 1883
=Lepsiella Iredale, 1912
=Lepsithais Finlay, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum bicostatum Bruguière, 1789
=Buccinum lacunosum Bruguière, 1789
=Lepsithais lacunosa (Bruguière, 1789)
=Lepsithais youngi Finlay, 1928
=Polytropa squamata Hutton, 1878
=Purpura rupestris Valenciennes, 1846
=Purpura striata Gray, 1843
Images: Haustrum lacunosum (Bruguière, 1789)
Banks Peninsula, Canterbury. 30mm
In beach drift, Marfells Beach, W of Cape Campbell, NZ. 39mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: HAUSTRINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Haustrinae (Subfamily)
> Haustrum (Genus)
> lacunosum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lepsia Hutton, 1883
=Lepsiella Iredale, 1912
=Lepsithais Finlay, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum bicostatum Bruguière, 1789
=Buccinum lacunosum Bruguière, 1789
=Lepsithais lacunosa (Bruguière, 1789)
=Lepsithais youngi Finlay, 1928
=Polytropa squamata Hutton, 1878
=Purpura rupestris Valenciennes, 1846
=Purpura striata Gray, 1843
Details: Haustrum lacunosum (Bruguière, 1789)
Size/Grows to:
Height 40mm, Width 25mm
Distribution:
Cook Strait south, Stewart Island, Auckland and Chatham Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Lamellose within the grooves
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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