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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: RAPANINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Rapaninae (Subfamily)
> Neothais (Genus)
> smithi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Purpura bollonsi Suter, 1906
=Purpura smithi Brazier, 1889
=Purpura striata bollonsi Suter, 1906
Images: Neothais smithi (Brazier, 1889)
From Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 20mm. © rights reserved
Off Northland east coast, 15 metres. 26mm. © rights reserved
Collected Nov 1970, Macauley Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ (M.242666). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Boat Landing, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ. 17mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: RAPANINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Rapaninae (Subfamily)
> Neothais (Genus)
> smithi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Purpura bollonsi Suter, 1906
=Purpura smithi Brazier, 1889
=Purpura striata bollonsi Suter, 1906
Details: Neothais smithi (Brazier, 1889)
Size/Grows to:
Height 34mm, Width 22mm
Distribution:
Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and northern New Zealand. Kermadec Islands, Three Kings Islands, Cape Reinga, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Mayor Island, from 0-53m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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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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