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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
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)

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