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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: TYPHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Typhinae (Subfamily)
> Monstrotyphis (Genus)
> tangaroa (Species)
Images: Monstrotyphis tangaroa B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2012
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: TYPHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Typhinae (Subfamily)
> Monstrotyphis (Genus)
> tangaroa (Species)
Details: Monstrotyphis tangaroa B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2012
Size/Grows to:
Height 7.9mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, off Cape Reinga, off Spirits Bay and Great Exhibition Bay, from 36-622m
Type Data:
  • 120-130 metres, King Bank, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
  • 250-300 metres, Middlesex Bank, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 63 metres, off Great Exhibition Bay, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Houart, R. 2012 The Recent Typhinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) of New Zealand, Molluscan Research, 32(3) (p.141) 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