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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: ERGALATAXINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Ergalataxinae (Subfamily)
> Pascula (Genus)
> palmeri (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Morula Schumacher, 1817
Synonymised Names:
=Morula (Oppomorus) palmeri Powell, 1967
=Morula palmeri Powell, 1967
Images: Pascula palmeri (Powell, 1967)
Found diving off Northland, NZ. 22mm
Found diving off Northland, NZ. 20mm
Holotype, collected off Tawhiti Rahi Island, Poor Knights Islands, NZ (MA71303). 20mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: ERGALATAXINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Ergalataxinae (Subfamily)
> Pascula (Genus)
> palmeri (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Morula Schumacher, 1817
Synonymised Names:
=Morula (Oppomorus) palmeri Powell, 1967
=Morula palmeri Powell, 1967
Details: Pascula palmeri (Powell, 1967)
Size/Grows to:
Height 26mm, Width 14mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, Northland east coast, down to Bay of Plenty and off East Cape
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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