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Species List for Subfamily: Muricopsinae
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  • Subfamily: Muricopsinae

  • Favartia garrettii (Pease, 1868)
    Height 15mm
    Marine
    Pacific, Hawaii, Kermadec Islands
  • Murexsul espinosus (Hutton, 1885)
    Height 35mm, Width 17mm
    Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
    Late Pliocene to early Pleistocene, eastern North Island between Hastings and Cape Palliser. Recent from Ranfurly Bank, off East Cape to off Mahia Peninsula, from 20-143m
  • Murexsul mariae Finlay, 1930
    Height 30mm, Width 14mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    King Bank, Three Kings Islands, Northern North Island as far south as Ahipara on west coast and Gisborne on east coast, from 0-233m
  • Murexsul octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
    Height 89mm, Width 48mm
    Octagonal Murex, Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, off Cape Maria van Diemen, and north-eastern and south-western North Island, from 0-508m
  • Murexsul profundus (B.A. Marshall & K.W. Burch, 2000)
    Height 10.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex Bank and Three Kings Islands, from 91-805m
  • Murexsul puniceus (W.R.B. Oliver, 1915)
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands (Raoul), from 10-30m
  • Rolandiella scotti (B.A. Marshall & K.W. Burch, 2000)
    Height 60mm, Width 32mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as White Island, from 9-550m
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