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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)
> montfortii (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Typhis (Typhina) montfortii (A. Adams, 1863)
=Typhis montfortii A. Adams, 1863
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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)
> montfortii (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Typhis (Typhina) montfortii (A. Adams, 1863)
=Typhis montfortii A. Adams, 1863
Details: Monstrotyphis montfortii (A. Adams, 1863)
Size/Grows to:
Height 9.1mm
Distribution:
Northern Japan, Philippine Islands, Natal and Transkei, South Africa, and northern New Zealand, living at 50-200 metres
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Houart, R. 2012 The Recent Typhinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) of New Zealand, Molluscan Research, 32(3) (p.139)
  • Adams, A. 1862 On the species of Muricinae found in Japan, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 30 (p.374) Original Description

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil