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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)
> Enixotrophon (Genus)
> macquariensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pagodula Monterosato, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Pagodula macquariensis (Powell, 1957)
=Trophon macquariensis Powell, 1957
Images: Enixotrophon macquariensis (Powell, 1957)
Collected in 110-125 metres, Macquarie Ridge, NZ (USNM 886110). © Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Collected in 110-125 metres, Macquarie Ridge, NZ (USNM 886110). ~19mm. © Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Enixotrophon (Genus)
> macquariensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pagodula Monterosato, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Pagodula macquariensis (Powell, 1957)
=Trophon macquariensis Powell, 1957
Details: Enixotrophon macquariensis (Powell, 1957)
Size/Grows to:
Height 22mm, Width 10.5mm
Distribution:
Macquarie Ridge, 69-810 metres, from 69-810m
Type Data:
  • 69 metres, off Lusitania Bay, Macquarie Island, Australia, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Houart, R. 2011 The genus Pagodula (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Australia, the New Zealand region and the Tasman Sea, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 54 (p.103)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.173)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1957 Mollusca of Kerguelen and Macquarie Islands, British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-1931, 6 (p.143) 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