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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Enixotrophon (Genus)
> tangaroa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pagodula Monterosato, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Pagodula tangaroa B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011
Images: Enixotrophon tangaroa (B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011)
Holotype, collected 11 Jan 1979, Hikurangi Trench, S side, NE of Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.190334). 32.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Enixotrophon (Genus)
> tangaroa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pagodula Monterosato, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Pagodula tangaroa B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011
Details: Enixotrophon tangaroa (B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011)
Size/Grows to:
Height 37mm
Distribution:
South-eastern North Island as far north as Mahia Peninsula, north-eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 1000-2126m
Type Data:
  • 1570 metres, S side of Hikurangi Trench, NE of Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Houart, R. 2011 The genus Pagodula (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Australia, the New Zealand region and the Tasman Sea, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 54 (p.107) 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
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