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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: CORALLIOPHILINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Coralliophilinae (Subfamily)
> Emozamia (Genus)
> licina (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Murex licinus Hedley & Petterd, 1906
=Trophon licinus (Hedley & Petterd, 1906)
Images: Emozamia licina (Hedley & Petterd, 1906)
Trawled, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 18-20mm. K.W.Burch Collection
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: CORALLIOPHILINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Coralliophilinae (Subfamily)
> Emozamia (Genus)
> licina (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Murex licinus Hedley & Petterd, 1906
=Trophon licinus (Hedley & Petterd, 1906)
Details: Emozamia licina (Hedley & Petterd, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Height 20mm, Width 14mm
Distribution:
Northland to Bay of Plenty. Also New South Wales to Tasmania, Australia, Japan, Philippines
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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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