Species List for Subfamily: Muricinae
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- Chicoreus ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Marine
Tropical Indo-Pacific. Occasional records from Tauranga and Takou Bay, Northland
A
- Phyllocoma speciosa virginalis (Suter, 1913)
Height 16mm, Width 7mm
Marine, Endemic, Dredged or found in shell-sand
Northland to Bay of Plenty
AE.
- Timbellus flemingi (Beu, 1967)
Height 35mm
Marine, Endemic
Trawled off Three Kings Islands, and Northland to Palliser Bay
ACE.
- Timbellus richeri (Houart, 1987)
Length 28mm
Marine
North Island, E. of Poor Knights Islands. Also off New Caledonia
A
Key to 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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