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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NASSARIIDAE: PHOTINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Nassariidae (Family)
> Photinae (Subfamily)
> Phos (Genus)
> hirasei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Phos (Phos) Montfort, 1810
=Phos (Strongylocera) Mörch, 1852
=Strongylocera Mörch, 1852
Synonymised Names:
=Antillophos hirasei (G.B. Sowerby III, 1913)
Images: Phos hirasei G.B. Sowerby III, 1913
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NASSARIIDAE: PHOTINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Nassariidae (Family)
> Photinae (Subfamily)
> Phos (Genus)
> hirasei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Phos (Phos) Montfort, 1810
=Phos (Strongylocera) Mörch, 1852
=Strongylocera Mörch, 1852
Synonymised Names:
=Antillophos hirasei (G.B. Sowerby III, 1913)
Details: Phos hirasei G.B. Sowerby III, 1913
Size/Grows to:
Height 38mm, Width 17mm
Distribution:
Indo-West Pacific. Kermadec Islands, from 402-512m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978 New records of neogastropod Mollusca from the Kermadec Islands, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 15 (p.55)
  • Sowerby III, G.B. 1913 Descriptions of eight new marine Gastropoda mostly from Japan, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 8(11) (p.558) 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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