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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: TROPHONINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Trophoninae (Subfamily)
> Litozamia (Genus)
> subtropicalis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trophon subtropicalis Iredale, 1912
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: TROPHONINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Trophoninae (Subfamily)
> Litozamia (Genus)
> subtropicalis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trophon subtropicalis Iredale, 1912
Details: Litozamia subtropicalis (Iredale, 1912)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Houart, R. 2013 Description of two new species of Trophoninae s.l. and Typhinae (Gastropda: Muricidae) from New Caledonia and comments on Litozamia Iredale, 1929 and Siphonochelus Jousseaume, 1880, Venus, 71 (p.6)
  • Barco, A., Schiaparelli, S., Houart, R., Oliverio, M. 2012 Cenozoic evolution of Muricidae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda) in the Southern Ocean, with the description of a new subfamily, Zoologica Scripta, 41 (p.606)
  • 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)
  • Iredale, T. 1912 New generic names and new species of marine Mollusca, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 10(3) (p.227) 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