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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Comptella (Genus)
> munida (Species)
Images: Comptella munida B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
Collected in 150-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. © rights reserved
Collected in 150-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Comptella (Genus)
> munida (Species)
Details: Comptella munida B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
Distribution:
South-eastern South Island, from 150-343m
Type Data:
  • 220-350 metres, Papanui Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ, (paratype)
  • 360 metres, Saunders Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
  • 150 metres, off Taieri, S of Dunedin, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Houart, R. 2022 New species and genera of Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand, Novapex, 23(1) (p.4) 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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