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Taxonomy
Family:
MANGELIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mangeliidae (Family)
> Neoguraleus (Genus)
> murdochi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Asperdaphne murdochi Finlay, 1924
=Clathurella corrugata Murdoch, 1900
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Taxonomy
Family:
MANGELIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mangeliidae (Family)
> Neoguraleus (Genus)
> murdochi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Asperdaphne murdochi Finlay, 1924
=Clathurella corrugata Murdoch, 1900
Details: Neoguraleus murdochi (Finlay, 1924)
Size/Grows to:
Height 12mm, Width 4.5mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Islands
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Spiral sculpture overrides axial ribs
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.238)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1942 The New Zealand Recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae with general notes on turrid nomenclature and systematics, Auckland Institute and Museum Bulletin, 2 (p.134)
  • Murdoch, R. 1900 Descriptions of some new species of Pliocene Mollusca from the Wanganui District, with notes on other described species, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 32 (p.219)

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