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Species List for Genus: Prototyphis
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Tripterotyphinae (Subfamily) > Prototyphis (Genus)
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  • Genus: Prototyphis

  • Prototyphis eos (Hutton, 1873)
    Height 30mm, Width 16mm
    Dawn Murex, Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, Cape Maria van Diemen, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Mahia Peninsula, from 0-710m
  • Prototyphis eos paupereques (Powell, 1974)
    Height 30mm, Width 19mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off northland east coast
NZ Geographical Regions
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Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil