Morum bruuni (Powell, 1958)Species Images
NW of Fleetwood Bluff, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands. 154 metres
External Web Links
Taxonomy: Morum bruuni (Powell, 1958)
Classification:
Family:
HARPIDAE
Genus Synonyms:
=Morum (Oniscidia) Mörch, 1852
Synonymised Names:
=Morum (Oniscidia) bruuni (Powell, 1958) accepted, alternate representation
=Morum delectum (Garrard, 1961)
=Oniscidia bruuni Powell, 1958
=Pulchroniscia delecta Garrard, 1961
=Morum delectum (Garrard, 1961)
=Oniscidia bruuni Powell, 1958
=Pulchroniscia delecta Garrard, 1961
Details: Morum bruuni (Powell, 1958)
Size/Grows to:
Length 38mm
Distribution:
Known from only a few specimens from Kermadec Islands, Tasman and Taupo Sea Mounts (380 km east of Newcastle) and from one specimen from off Botany Bay, NSW
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Distribution Map
References and Publications
- Emerson, W.K. 1990 New records for western Pacific Morum (Gastropoda: Harpidae) with biogeographic implications, The Veliger, 33 (p.148)
- Beu, A.G. 1976 Revision of the Southwest Pacific species of Morum (Onischidia) (Gastropoda: Cassidae), Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 3 (p.225)
Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
Recently Viewed
