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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: CORALLIOPHILINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Coralliophilinae (Subfamily)
> Coralliophila (Genus)
> monodonta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Galeropsis Hupé, 1860
=Liniaxis Laseron, 1955
=Quoyula Iredale, 1912
Synonymised Names:
=Coralliophila madreporarum (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834)
=Galeropsis monodontus (Blainville, 1832)
=Purpura madreporarum G.B. Sowerby I, 1834
=Purpura monodonta Blainville, 1832
=Purpura monodonta Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Quoyula madreporarum (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
=Quoyula monodonta (Blainville, 1832)
=Rhizochilus madreporarum (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834)
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: CORALLIOPHILINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Coralliophilinae (Subfamily)
> Coralliophila (Genus)
> monodonta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Galeropsis Hupé, 1860
=Liniaxis Laseron, 1955
=Quoyula Iredale, 1912
Synonymised Names:
=Coralliophila madreporarum (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834)
=Galeropsis monodontus (Blainville, 1832)
=Purpura madreporarum G.B. Sowerby I, 1834
=Purpura monodonta Blainville, 1832
=Purpura monodonta Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Quoyula madreporarum (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
=Quoyula monodonta (Blainville, 1832)
=Rhizochilus madreporarum (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834)
Details: Coralliophila monodonta (Blainville, 1832)
Size/Grows to:
Height 30mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Oliverio, M. 2009 The Recent Coralliophilinae of the New Zealand region, with descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricidae), Molluscan Research, 29(3) (p.160)
  • Oliverio, M. 2008 Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In Héros, V., Cowie, R.H. & Bouchet, P. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 196 (p.507)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.225)
  • Kosuge, S., Suzuki, M. 1985 Illustrated catalogue of Latiaxis and its related groups. Family Coralliophilidae, Institute of Malacology, Tokyo (p.35)
  • Rehder, H.A. 1980 The marine mollusks of Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Sala y Gómez, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 289 (p.75)

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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