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Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Bathytoma (Genus)
> murdochi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolichotoma Bellardi, 1875
=Micantapex Iredale, 1936
=Parabathytoma Shuto, 1961
=Pleurotoma (Bathytoma) G. F. Harris & Burrows, 1891
=Riuguhdrillia Oyama, 1951
Synonymised Names:
=Bathytoma murdochi murdochi Finlay, 1930
=Micantapex finlayi Powell, 1940
=Micantapex murdochi (Finlay, 1930)
=Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) nodilirata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Pleurotoma nodilirata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Pleurotoma tuberculata Kirk, 1882
Images: Bathytoma murdochi Finlay, 1930
Trawled in Hauraki Gulf. 18mm
Holotype of Micantapex finlayi Powell, 1940, collected in 200 metres, off Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MAMA72096). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Bathytoma (Genus)
> murdochi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolichotoma Bellardi, 1875
=Micantapex Iredale, 1936
=Parabathytoma Shuto, 1961
=Pleurotoma (Bathytoma) G. F. Harris & Burrows, 1891
=Riuguhdrillia Oyama, 1951
Synonymised Names:
=Bathytoma murdochi murdochi Finlay, 1930
=Micantapex finlayi Powell, 1940
=Micantapex murdochi (Finlay, 1930)
=Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) nodilirata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Pleurotoma nodilirata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Pleurotoma tuberculata Kirk, 1882
Details: Bathytoma murdochi Finlay, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Height 20mm, Width 9mm
Distribution:
Northland east coast to Mahia, trawled around 65-450 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G., Maxwell, P.A. 1990 Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey, 58 (p.326)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.235)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Invalid molluscan names. No. 1, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.46) Original Description

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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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