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Species List for Genus: Poirieria
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Pagodulinae (Subfamily) > Poirieria (Genus)
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  • Genus: Poirieria

  • Poirieria kopua Dell, 1956
    Height 21mm, Width 15mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Bay of Plenty southwards and Chatham Rise. Trawled around 500-1000 metres
    CFME.
  • Poirieria syrinx B.A. Marshall & Houart, 1995
    Height 26mm, Width 24mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Northland to Bay of Plenty, and Cook Strait, 482-786 metres on mud
    ACE.
  • Poirieria zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
    Width 88mm, Height 79mm
    Spiny Murex, Marine, Endemic
    Three Kings Islands to Stewart Island, Challenger Plateau and Chatham Islands, 0-540 metres
    ACFME.
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