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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)
> Hirtomurex (Genus)
> tangaroa (Species)
Images: Hirtomurex tangaroa B.A. Marshall & Oliverio, 2009
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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)
> Hirtomurex (Genus)
> tangaroa (Species)
Details: Hirtomurex tangaroa B.A. Marshall & Oliverio, 2009
Size/Grows to:
Height 26mm, Width 16mm
Distribution:
Southern Kermadec Ridge and north-eastern North Island, from 698-1140m
Type Data:
  • 1175-1250 metres, Kermadec Ridge, S of L’Esperance Rock, NZ, (paratype)
  • 1030-1080 metres, off Hokianga, NZ, (paratype)
  • Rumble V volcano, southern Kermadec Ridge, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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.166) 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