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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: TYPHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Typhinae (Subfamily)
> Siphonochelus (Genus)
> solus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) solus Vella, 1961 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Siphonochelus solus Vella, 1961
Holotype, collected 27 Feb 1957, off Mayor Island, NZ (M.020246). ~8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: TYPHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Typhinae (Subfamily)
> Siphonochelus (Genus)
> solus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) solus Vella, 1961 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Siphonochelus solus Vella, 1961
Size/Grows to:
Height 8mm, Width 4mm
Distribution:
Western and north-eastern North Island and north-western South Island, 178-1029 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Houart, R. 2012 The Recent Typhinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) of New Zealand, Molluscan Research, 32(3) (p.142)
  • D'Atillio, A., Hertz, C.M. 1988 An Illustrated catalogue of the family Typhidae Cossmann, 1903 (Gastropoda: Muricacea), The Festivus (p.33)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.182)
  • Vella, P. 1961 Australasian Typhinae (Gastropoda) with notes on the subfamily, Palaeontology, 4(3) (p.388) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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