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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)
> taranui (Species)
Images: Hirtomurex taranui 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)
> taranui (Species)
Details: Hirtomurex taranui B.A. Marshall & Oliverio, 2009
Size/Grows to:
Height 32mm, Width 17mm
Distribution:
Eastern North Island, from 750-1100m
Type Data:
  • 990-1100 metres, Mercury Knoll, E of Mercury Islands, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (paratype)
  • 750-920 metres, off Gisborne, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - 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.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