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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:
Kermadec Islands, Indo-Pacific
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
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

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
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