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Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Bathytoma (Genus)
> murdochi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolichotoma Bellardi, 1875
=Micantapex Iredale, 1936
=Parabathytoma Shuto, 1961
=Pleurotoma (Bathytoma) G. F. Harris & Burrows, 1891
=Riuguhdrillia Oyama, 1951
Synonymised Names:
=Bathytoma murdochi murdochi Finlay, 1930
=Micantapex finlayi Powell, 1940
=Micantapex murdochi (Finlay, 1930)
=Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) nodilirata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Pleurotoma nodilirata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Pleurotoma tuberculata Kirk, 1882
Images: Bathytoma murdochi Finlay, 1930
Trawled in Hauraki Gulf. 18mm
Holotype of Micantapex finlayi Powell, 1940, collected in 200 metres, off Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MAMA72096). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Bathytoma (Genus)
> murdochi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolichotoma Bellardi, 1875
=Micantapex Iredale, 1936
=Parabathytoma Shuto, 1961
=Pleurotoma (Bathytoma) G. F. Harris & Burrows, 1891
=Riuguhdrillia Oyama, 1951
Synonymised Names:
=Bathytoma murdochi murdochi Finlay, 1930
=Micantapex finlayi Powell, 1940
=Micantapex murdochi (Finlay, 1930)
=Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) nodilirata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Pleurotoma nodilirata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Pleurotoma tuberculata Kirk, 1882
Details: Bathytoma murdochi Finlay, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Height 20mm, Width 9mm
Distribution:
Northland east coast to Mahia, trawled around 65-450 metres
Geographical Range:
AE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G., Maxwell, P.A. 1990 Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey, 58 (p.326)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.235)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Invalid molluscan names. No. 1, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.46) Original Description

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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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