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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: CORALLIOPHILINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Coralliophilinae (Subfamily)
> Coralliophila (Genus)
> squamosissima (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Galeropsis Hupé, 1860
=Liniaxis Laseron, 1955
=Quoyula Iredale, 1912
Synonymised Names:
=Coralliophila (Pseudomurex) squamosissima (E.A. Smith, 1876)
=Coralliophila stearnsii Pilsbry, 1895
=Neothais clathrata Willan not A. Adams
=Rhizochilus (Coralliophila) squamosissimus E.A. Smith, 1876
=Rhizochilus squamosissimus E.A. Smith, 1876
=Coralliophila sertata Brook & Marshall not Hedley
Images: Coralliophila squamosissima (E.A. Smith, 1876)
Alive at mid tide among sea-anemones, Far North, NZ. 19mm. © rights reserved
Washed up in the Far North, NZ. © rights reserved
Hermit crab found in a rock pool at low tide, Far North, NZ. 22mm. © rights reserved
Hermit crab found in a rock pool at low tide, Far North, NZ. 22mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: CORALLIOPHILINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Coralliophilinae (Subfamily)
> Coralliophila (Genus)
> squamosissima (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Galeropsis Hupé, 1860
=Liniaxis Laseron, 1955
=Quoyula Iredale, 1912
Synonymised Names:
=Coralliophila (Pseudomurex) squamosissima (E.A. Smith, 1876)
=Coralliophila stearnsii Pilsbry, 1895
=Neothais clathrata Willan not A. Adams
=Rhizochilus (Coralliophila) squamosissimus E.A. Smith, 1876
=Rhizochilus squamosissimus E.A. Smith, 1876
=Coralliophila sertata Brook & Marshall not Hedley
Details: Coralliophila squamosissima (E.A. Smith, 1876)
Size/Grows to:
Height 30mm, Width 21mm
Distribution:
South Africa, Indo-West Pacific, Australia, Kermadec Islands and north-eastern North Island, as far south as Te Kaha, from 0-23m
Type Data:
  • Rodriguez Island, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, (holotype of Rhizochilus squamosissimus Smith, 1876)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Oliverio, M. 2009 The Recent Coralliophilinae of the New Zealand region, with descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricidae), Molluscan Research, 29(3) (p.163)
  • Oliverio, M. 2008 Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In Héros, V., Cowie, R.H. & Bouchet, P. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 196 (p.481)
  • Willan, R.C. May/1998 An authentic record of Neothais clathrata in New Zealand, Poirieria, 22 (p.1)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.224)
  • Smith, E.A. 1876 Diagnoses of new species of Mollusca and Echinodermata from the Island of Rodriguez, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 4(17) (p.404) Original Description

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