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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
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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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